tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538031686627433142024-03-13T19:31:33.181+00:00The Awful DodgersThe Awful Dodgers....
London's Premier Dodgeball team.Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-58069777128574824372012-03-15T23:15:00.002+00:002012-03-15T23:15:51.651+00:00Tropical beats at the Amersham ArmsIn my old age I think I might be getting a bit out of touch. When Simon told me he's a DJ that plays tropical beats I immediately thought of this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYcS9NP6vOI">1980's advert.</a><br />
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I'm not entirely sure what that says about me.<br />
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It turns out there's more to tropical beats than that. Apparently rabbits are involved as well. I'm confused.<br />
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Simon says:<br />
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I've attached a flyer for my night @ The Amersham Arms and here's a link to the facebook event: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#%21/events/250224815068190" target="_blank" title="http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/250224815068190/">http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/250224815068190</a><br /><br /> Grateful if you could circulate to the dodgers!<br /><br /> Thanks man!<br /> <div>
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Simon</div>
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See you there.<br />
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We're finally in a Cup Final! It's time to get serious.<br />
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I've bigged up our achievements so much in the last 24 hours that Brockley Central are on the verge of calling a press conference. They think we're in the final of the Dodgeball World Cup.<br />
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Here's a training video for you all to watch.<br />
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Please think of the evil Russian communist training camp as being very much what Los Dogatadors are up to as you read this. <br />
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Despite their hi-tech training methods and unsubtle spying methods we can still beat them. We just need it to snow in Brockley in the next fortnight. If it does..... I'll see you on the top of Hillyfields for some sledging. <br />
Drinks afterwards at the Jam Circus.<br />
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SteveSteven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-45223298124132904492012-03-06T00:32:00.003+00:002012-03-06T00:32:19.017+00:00Teams for Wednesday 7th MarchThe Awful Dodgers<br />
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<ol>
<li>Lucy Arnold</li>
<li>Steven Barrett</li>
<li>Alexandra Bono</li>
<li>Brandon Davis</li>
<li>Jill Hawker</li>
<li>Alastair Hegarty</li>
<li>John Murray</li>
<li>Andy Davies (Southern)</li>
<li>??</li>
</ol>
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The Really Awful Dodgers.<br />
<ol>
<li>Xavier Carroll</li>
<li>Andy Davies (Northern)</li>
<li>Mitch Fernandez</li>
<li>David Jackson</li>
<li>Rachel Morris</li>
<li>Kathleen Murphy Carroll</li>
<li>Simon Obee</li>
<li>Sarah Slocombe</li>
<li>Steff Williams</li>
</ol>Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-13952267914416749292012-02-28T00:47:00.000+00:002012-02-29T08:16:38.235+00:00Leap Year Tournament Entry Wednesday 29th February (Meet Bar Kick 1830)That's it kids.<br />
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I've mixed the teams up.<br />
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Logger's Leap<br />
<ol>
<li>Phil Brockington (paid)</li>
<li>Sean Broughton (paid)</li>
<li>Will Cheverton</li>
<li>Ali Clark</li>
<li>David Chandler </li>
<li>Rachel Morris</li>
<li>John Murray</li>
<li>Simon Obee</li>
<li>Steff Williams</li>
</ol>
Brockley Do(d)gging Society<br />
<ol>
<li>Alexandra Bono</li>
<li>Xavier Carroll </li>
<li>Emma Dalby Bowler (paid)</li>
<li>Andy Davis (1)</li>
<li>Andy Davies (2)</li>
<li>David Jackson</li>
<li>Kathleen Murphy</li>
<li>Friend of Andy Davies (2 - MALE)</li>
<li>Friend of Andy Davies (2 - Female)</li>
</ol>Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-66154442850775024592012-02-21T00:27:00.001+00:002012-02-21T00:27:58.311+00:00Team Confirmation for Wednesday 22nd February (Meet bar Kick 1830)<strong><u>The Awful Dodgers</u></strong><br />
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<ol>
<li>Lucy Arnold</li>
<li>Steven Barrett</li>
<li>Phil Brockington</li>
<li>Sean Broughton</li>
<li>Brandon Davis</li>
<li>Kellen Graham</li>
<li>Jill Hawker</li>
<li>Alastair Hegarty</li>
<li>John Murray</li>
</ol>
Fixtures (4 games)<br />
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v The Artful Dodgers<br />
v Los Dogatadors<br />
v The Really Awful Dodgers<br />
v The Artful Dodgers<br />
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<strong><u>The Really Awful Dodgers</u></strong><br />
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<ol>
<li>Xavier Carroll</li>
<li>David Chandler</li>
<li>Andy Davies (Northern)</li>
<li>Andy Davies (Souuthern)</li>
<li>Dave Jackson</li>
<li>Kathleen Murphy</li>
<li>Sarah Slocombe</li>
<li>Zak (Brandon's mate)</li>
<li>Girl TBC</li>
</ol>
Fixtures (3 games)<br />
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v Dodge Monkeys<br />
v The Awful Dodgers<br />
v The Artful DodgersSteven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-17280545387566640982012-02-13T23:16:00.000+00:002012-02-13T23:16:06.500+00:00Team for Wednesday 15th February: The Really Awful Dodgers (Meet Bar Kick 1830)A full team this week,. No problems!...(apart from establishing what "I'll play if I'm needed" actually means. Some of you are too polite!)<br />
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See you at 1830 Bar Kick<br />
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<strong><u>The Really Awful Dodgers</u></strong><br />
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<ol>
<li>Xavier Carroll</li>
<li>Will Cheverton</li>
<li>Ali Clark</li>
<li>Andy Davis (Northern)</li>
<li>David Jackson</li>
<li>Rachael Morris</li>
<li>Kathleen Murphy Carroll</li>
<li>Tom Stubbs</li>
<li>Steff Williams</li>
</ol>
Reserve: Steve Barrett<br />
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Fixtures:<br />
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v Dodge Monkeys<br />
v The Artful Dodgers<br />
v Team merdeboite<br />
<br />Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-89369861812342605762012-02-07T19:36:00.000+00:002012-03-15T23:28:15.655+00:00Vinoteca Private Dining NightSuggested Date: Saturday 24th March 2012<br />
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The following people have shown as being interested. Please feel free to add yourself to the list:<br />
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Those in<strong> bold</strong> have given me my word that they are definately attending since I announced the date. Apologies for those who ahve told me they are definately going but I've forgotten!<br />
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Date: Saturday 24th March<br />
Time: 2000<br />
Venue: Vinoteca, St.John Street, Farringdon, EC1M 4AA<br />
<a href="http://www.vinoteca.co.uk/farringdon/">http://www.vinoteca.co.uk/farringdon/</a><br />
Cost: £50 per head for head and wine (although I'm sure that as soon as they realise how much we drink they might impose a limit!)<br />
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Menu:<br />
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Potential attendees (minimum 10)<br />
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<li><strong>Steve Barrett</strong></li>
<li><strong>Ali Clark</strong></li>
<li><strong>Fred Pearce</strong></li>
<li><strong>Meg MacDonald</strong></li>
<li>Mitch Fernandez</li>
<li><strong>Jillian Hawker</strong></li>
<li><strong>Alastair Hegarty</strong></li>
<li><strong>Rachael Morris</strong></li>
<li><strong>Kathleen Murphy</strong></li>
<strong>
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<li><strong>Xavier Carroll</strong></li>
<li><strong>Andrew Davies (Brockley)</strong></li>
<li><strong>Alexandra Bono</strong></li>
<li>Lucy Arnold<strong></strong></li>
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Maximum table of 10:<br />
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<li>Steve Barrett</li>
<li>Mitch Fernandez</li>
<li>Ali Clark</li>
<li>Fred Pearce</li>
<li>Will Cheverton</li>
<li>John Murray</li>
<li>Dave Chandler</li>
<li>Rachel Morris</li>
<li>Meg McDonald</li>
<li>????</li>
</ol>
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Wow!!!! Any more and I we could even attempt a multi-table tournament!!!!<br />
<br />Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-54303601544138244702012-02-06T21:18:00.001+00:002012-02-09T23:43:10.654+00:00Team Confirmation for Wednesday 8th February (Meet Bar Kick 1830)<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"A poor old lady fell over in the snow outside my house today. Well, I assume she was poor as she only had 21p in her purse"<br />
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Brrrr its has been cold this week and the defeat against Dodge Monkey's with their weekly ringers left us feeling mugged. The Really Awful Dodger's will be feeling like they've had their pockets picked again this week as I've had to borrow Alastair and Jill for the Awful Dodgers.<br />
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Two new players go straight into the first team so hopefully that even things up.<br />
This weeks team selection has been a lot easier owing to everyone's rapid responses. If you could play but aren't in the side. You snooze you lose! <br />
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Double Derby Day this week as both teams line-up against each other twice. Exciting stuff.<br />
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Steven Barrett</div>
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Alexandra Bono</div>
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Sean Broughton</div>
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Brandon Davis</div>
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Jill Hawker</div>
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Alastair Hegarty</div>
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Fred Pearce</div>
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Lucy from the Jam Circus (debut)</div>
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v Cojones</div>
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v Scared Hitless</div>
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Michael Fernandez</div>
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David Jackson</div>
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Simon Obee</div>
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Rachel Morris</div>
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Kathleen Murphy</div>
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Sarah Slocombe</div>
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v Los Dogatadors</div>
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<br />Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-52771151461200919842012-02-05T19:59:00.001+00:002012-02-05T19:59:08.657+00:00Next Season and Team SocialsFirstly....its not that great of a secret now but I've come to the decision that I'm stepping aside as the all powerful 'Dear Leader' of the Awful Dodgers next season.<br />The main reason being that due to circumstances away from Dodgeball I won't be able to guarantee my services financially or 'organisationally' beyond the end of May.<br />I really don't want the team and friendships to collapse so that's why I've given you plenty of notice to allow someone to take over the reins.<br />
<br />Please e-mail me if you are interested. It would be good to sort it out soon as it won't be long before the registration opens for next season. Traditionally there is an early bird discount for teams that pay in advance that helps keep costs down for everyone involved.<br />
<br />The best idea might be for 2 people to run the show. Each looking after each team and sharing in a nice way when one team is short of players.<br />I've loved every minute of running the teams and for as long as I'm in London I'll enthusiastically offer my services as a player a recruiter.<br /> <br />That doesn't mean my work is done just yet! There's a few opportunities for socials looming!<br /> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> 1. Team Meal at Vinoteca....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I'm not the only one moving on. In his continuing bid to become the Canadian Delia Smith John will shortly be leaving Vinoteca to further his rise to the top of London's restaurant scene.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Before he leaves John has suggested we have a team meal in the restaurant's private dining room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">John and his team will pull out all the stops. The room takes about 30 people and for food AND WINE he's estimated we could do it for £50 a head.<br /><br />This is usually way above my budget....I'd have to be a pretty sure thing to be spending this kind of cash on a dare that's foe sure...but as a one off I'm all over this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Initially this will be open to players old and new...with the invite being extended to Dodgeball WAGs and whatever the male equivalent is whenever we have an idea of numbers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For more on Vinoteca:<br /><a href="http://www.vinoteca.co.uk/farringdon/" target="_blank">http://www.vinoteca.co.uk/farringdon/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There's 2 coming up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">See below - I'm sure we can manage at least one team in each - also a good chance to get new players involved.</span></div>
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<strong>Weds 29 Feb: London, Shoreditch: LEAP YEAR TOURNEY</strong><br />To celebrate the Leap Year this is our annual once a year tournament that we hold every 4 years! We have room for ten teams and this will be a sellout (all of our tourneys seem to be!) so please do get registered fast. Fancy dress is highly encouraged, and there is an open theme for this event<strong>. </strong><br /><h3>
Venue: Powerleague, Old Street<br />Time: 7.10 – 9.30pm<br />Theme – Open<br />Max Teams: 10<br />Team Places Remaining (registration opened on 27 Jan): 8<br />Cost: £60 per team, £15 for individuals (we’ll sort you a team)</h3>
<strong>Sat 17 March: London, Canary Wharf: ST PADDY’S DAY TOURNEY</strong>Last year’s St Paddy’s tournament is etched into dodgeball history in this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxawEOXuLI8&context=C37fda16ADOEgsToPDskJk6yvIODv3AbjPnCTDRE99" target="_blank" title="St Paddy's Day Video">VIDEO FOOTAGE</a>, and here is your chance to be involved this year! The dress theme is St Paddy’s (we are so inventive aren’t we!) and there will be Guinness-a-plenty flowing including a ‘downing a pint of Guinness’ competition. Not one to miss…<br /><h3>
Venue: Play On Sports, Canary Wharf<br />Time: 2 – 6pm<br />Theme – St Patrick’s Day, of course!<br />Max Teams: 16<br />Team Places Remaining (registration opened on 27 Jan): 15<br />Cost: £60 per team, £15 for individuals (we’ll sort you a team)</h3>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> 3. Poker Night at Chez Barrett/Clark and Chandler</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Can I propose a date of Saturday 25th February 2012.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2 x £5 tournaments and the a £5 cash game with one £5 re-buy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> 4. Anyone want to be on a pilot for a game show?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Running a 'club' sometimes presents some weird and wonderful opportunities. I received an e-mail today inviting us to apply to be a team on a 'not to air' ITV game show pilot from a TV production company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">E-mail me if you want a shot at stardom.</span></div>
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</span></b>Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-6421702032304267742012-01-24T00:20:00.003+00:002012-01-24T00:20:30.457+00:00Teams for 25th January:Hi people,<br />
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Sorry I've been a bit slack this week.<br />
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Based on people who have got back to me the teams are:<br />
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<strong>The Awful Dodgers</strong><br />
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<li>Steven Barrett</li>
<li>Alexandra Bono</li>
<li>Sean Broughton</li>
<li>Brandon Davis</li>
<li>Steph Foster</li>
<li>John Murray</li>
<li>Fred Pearce</li>
<li>TBC</li>
<li>TBC</li>
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<strong><u>Fixtures:</u></strong><br />
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v Dodge Monkeys<br />
v The Artful Dodgers<br />
v Cojones<br />
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<strong>The Really Awful Dodgers</strong><br />
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<li>Ali Clark</li>
<li>Andy Davies</li>
<li>David Jackson</li>
<li>Jill Hawker</li>
<li>Alastair Hegarty</li>
<li>Kathleen Murphy</li>
<li>Xavier</li>
<li>Steff Williams</li>
<li>TBC</li>
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<strong><u>Fixtures:</u></strong><br />
v Cojones<br />
v Los Dogatadors<br />
v The Artful DodgersSteven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-89239020535355420322012-01-09T22:01:00.002+00:002012-01-10T12:53:08.213+00:00New Season..New PlayersHi Kids,<br />
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At present the fixture list still hasn't been published. What I do know is that both teams are playing and that a couple iof you can only make certain start times. therefore we'll have to mix the teams about.<br />
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So far I've got.<br />
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The Awful Dodgers: Start time 1900<br />
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<li>Steven Barrett</li>
<li>Alexandra Bono</li>
<li>Will Cheverton</li>
<li>Richard Djaelani</li>
<li>Steph Foster (debut)</li>
<li>John Murray</li>
<li>Sarah Tessier</li>
<li>Tom Stubbs (early) or Brandon Davis (late)</li>
<li>TBA</li>
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v Team Merdeboite<br />
v Los Dodgatators<br />
v The Really Awful Dodgers<br />
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The Really Awful Dodgers: Start Time: 1915<br />
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<li>Ali Clark</li>
<li>Andy Davies (doubtful)</li>
<li>Alastair Hegarty</li>
<li>Kathleen Murphy</li>
<li>Xavier Mince Pie Champ</li>
<li>Simon Obee</li>
<li>Sarah Slocombe (debut)</li>
<li>Steff Williams</li>
<li>Tom Stubbs (early) or Brandon Davis (late)</li>
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<strong><u>Fixtures</u>:</strong><br />
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v Cojones<br />
v Scared Hitless<br />
v The Awful Dodgers<br />
<br /><br />Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-1837381886764867582011-11-15T23:11:00.001+00:002011-12-07T22:51:19.590+00:00I'm Dreaming of a White (Goodman) Christmas.......aka Kyla and Tom's Farewell.Hi guys,<br />
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You must have been so amazed by my own idea for a Christmas fancy dress for the Awful Dodgers that you felt embarrassed to submit your own ideas. As a result we're going with...<br />
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CATCH IT, CRATCHIT as our team name.<br />
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The theme is.....Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol.<br />
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In keeping with The Awful Dodgers I can happily donate any of our flat caps and scarves to the cause.<br />
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The team line-up will be:<br />
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<li>Bob Crachitt</li>
<li>Tiny Tim Crachitt (anyone got any crutches?)</li>
<li>Mr Fezziwig</li>
<li>Mrs Fezziwig</li>
<li>Ghost O'Christmas Past</li>
<li>Ghost O' Christmas Present (come as a Christmas Present)</li>
<li>Ghost O'Christmas to Come (scary ass dude)</li>
<li>Jacob Marley</li>
<li>Ebeneezer Scrooge</li>
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Plyer confirmed so far:<br />
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<li>Steven Barrett - Scrooge</li>
<li>Simon Obee - Jacob Marley</li>
<li>Kyla Winter</li>
<li>Tom Stubbs</li>
<li>Sarah Tessier - Tiny Tim</li>
<li>Will Cheverton</li>
<li>Sean Broughton</li>
<li>David Jackson</li>
<li>Rachael Morris</li>
<li>Alastair Hegarty</li>
<li>Jill Hawker</li>
<li>Richard Djaelani</li>
<li>Sarah Slocombe (new player)</li>
<li>Kathleen Murphy (new player)</li>
<li>Xavier (Kathleen's partner) (new player)</li>
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The details are: <br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">SAT 10th DECEMBER, 2-6PM @ PLAY ON SPORTS, CANARY WHARF<br />£90 per team, group stages then knockout<br />Prizes for best dressed team, competition winners + more<br />Annual Mince-Pie eating competition + silly games</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">So that's £10 each if we get 9 players.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Drinks afterards in Ladywell/Lewisham at the Ravensbourne Arms?</span></span>Here's some inpsiration for the costumes:<br />
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<br />Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-41659191387299250772011-11-14T22:39:00.001+00:002011-11-15T09:13:33.533+00:00Team for Wednesday 16th November - Bar Kick 1830Last week of the season for The Really Awful Dodgers with some bonus games. Unless we screw it up and finish in 5th place.<br />
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We do have the opportunity to have an influence on who makes finals night also and help Andy Davies favourite team <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg">The Honey Badgers</a>.<br />
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We don't start straight away but let's meet up for one last time this season. Bar Kick 1830.<br />
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Team:<br />
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<li>Ali Cark</li>
<li>Andy Davies</li>
<li>Raphael Emerich</li>
<li>Mitch Fernandez</li>
<li>Jill Hawker</li>
<li>Alastair Hegarty</li>
<li>David Jackson</li>
<li>Rachael Morris</li>
<li>Simon Obee</li>
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Fixtures:<br />
v The Dodgebetweeners (Won 1, Lost 1)<br />
v Magic (Won 1, Lost 1)<br />
v Team Merdeboite (Won 1, Lost 1)<br />
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plus 2 wooden wrench play offs if we finish in the bottom 3.<br />
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See you then<br />
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However do we want to be associated with the 'filth' Simon has been posting on social network site Twitter?<br />
...some of us probably do!<br />
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Simon claims the reason for this magical typo was because he is still trying to get to grips with posting from his new phone. Either way I've volunteered myself for the Braxfield Road grocery run on Saturday morning ;-)<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/brockley_bags/status/135362239271153664" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0068cf;">12/11/2011 14:24</span></a><br />
Look at all the vag I picked up at <a href="https://twitter.com/%40BrockleyMarket" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0068cf;">@BrockleyMarket</span></a> <a href="http://t.co/JLBq66ev" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0068cf;">yfrog.com/h75zfmpj</span></a></td></tr>
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Wonderful. It made my Saturday. Thanks Simon!<br />
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Bored at work? Dare you click the link to the picture attached?......trust me its perfectly innocent.Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-29845623257653774372011-11-04T16:42:00.000+00:002011-11-14T17:11:22.718+00:00Match Reports: Wednesday 19th October 2011<br />
According to Wikipedia: <br />
Man flu is a <span style="color: black;">pejorative</span> term that refers to the idea many men, when they have a <span style="color: black;">cold</span>, exaggerate and claim they have the <span style="color: black;">flu</span> — the implication being that women do not do so.<br />
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It also states that there has been some scientific research that supports this theory.<br />
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Upon further investigation however the theory becomes a lot more shaky:<br />
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Here comes the science bit!<br />
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"The study had nothing to do with the flu (the experiment was related to <span style="color: black;">bacterial , not viral, infection</span>) and was performed on genetically modified mice rather than human beings, so the results are not necessarily applicable to humans."</blockquote>
To further counter the term I'd like to submit this weeks team-sheet as evidence debunking this theory. Both teams were very strong in terms of lads available. Proving that the males in the squad were definitely not mice, but men!<br />
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The girls on the other had were low in numbers due to sickness and work commitments. So much so that there wasn't a single 'first team' girl available to us. Vara was being thrown straight into the first team, black-eye and all and Jill and Rachael were having to double up for both teams.<br />
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First up were the Really Awful Dodgers. Making his debut for the 'reserves' was your truly who would no doubt he blamed for any cessation for the recent upturn in form!<br />
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<strong>v JustDodging (justgiving.com)</strong><br />
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Our previous encounter with JustDodging resembled bullying made acceptable by organised sport when their team of young girls where quickly dismissed off court for The RAD's FIRST EVER WIN.<br />
However, the team lining up this week had a substantial increase in Y chromosomes amongst them, and sporty ones at that! A match that was pencilled in as a 'definate 3 points' quickly slid away from the team and it looked like we were in for another long hard evening of defeats.<br />
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Result: The Really Awful Dodgers 0 JustDodging (justgiving.com) 0<br />
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<strong>v Team Merdeboite</strong><br />
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After my disastrous performance in our last match when I tried to lead from the front and was 'cut up' by Andy Davies and eliminated pretty quickly I decided it was time to sit back and provide a reliable anchor for the rest of the team to express themselves. It clearly had an effect. TM are a typical mid-table side. Brilliant one set, wiped of the court in seconds the next. Just like us. Which team would have the extra desire to win through? It was time for someone to stand up and be counted. In his second outing for the team Richard Banks was <span style="background-color: yellow;">again prov</span>ing that he's one of the squads strongest all-rounders. A decent arm, a few catches and an increasing tactical awareness had steel to the RAD's spine. Thank God for that as well because I definitely remember after having ruthlessly eliminated one of their girls at close range I tried it again when their other lady and only succeeded in throwing a catch straight into her arms. Rich kept us (and got me back in the game) but it was time for someone else to step up and finish the job.<br />
The player was Jill who was delighted to finish off their last player with one of those lightning shots to the ankles with the small ball that are so feared by even the most grizzled Dodgeballer. Huge congrats to Jill. <br />
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<strong>Result: The Really Awful Dodgers 2 Team Merdeboite 1</strong><br />
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<strong>v Magic</strong><br />
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Looking at the league table and previous form this match was only going to end one way. Defeat. However, if rumours were true. Magic were one of the chief offenders in last weeks 'Mikegate' furoe and judging by the unfamiliar looking team line up (some of them didn't have team shirts...shock!) it looks like some of their more 'combative' players had got the message that their behaviour wasn't welcome at Dodgeball UK.<br />
They'd already suffered a couple of uncharacteristic defeats earlier in the evening and it was clear that the replacements weren't up to scratch. However they still had enough in the locker to provide a stiff test.<br />
During the course of the match their quality was enough to secure one set and their new players enough to cost them the other. With the final decider just about to start I was delighted to see that one of their players with a decidedly easy throw to catch was on the court.<br />
Despite my shouts across court that 'the guy in the blue t-shirt is catchable' he continued to through lose balls that were just waiting to be snaffled up. He really should listen to the opposition or had be been completely psyched out?<br />
After one of his throws was comfortably taken by myself Magic were still fighting hard and had catchers of their own who managed to get 'our man' back on court. <br />
With a ball in my hand ready to kneel down and defend I noticed he was about tho throw again.Sure enough it was in the air and around head height. Throwing my ball away I leapt like a goalkeeper taking a cross to turn the numbers around. Which is amazing...because when I played in goal for my school I was hopeless at coming out for crosses.<br />
The job still needed to be finished at it was an exponent of the egg-chasing team game who sealed the match. It was even sides and nearly sudden death when, up close and in the front lime (row) the ball was thrown at Andy D's legs.<br />
Like any good prop forward Andy crouched, paused and engaged the ball taking a solid low catch.<br />
Andy clearly thought it was a match winner which was clearly evident in his celebrations.<br />
Luckily Andy's jump for joy was enough to evade a through from their remaining team member who realised there was still time on the clock.<br />
Phew...an excellent result proving The Really Awful Dodger's are no longer the league mugs.<br />
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<strong>Result: The Really Awful Dodgers 2 Magic 1</strong><br />
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With barely time to catch their breath Rachel and Jill were pressed into action in the Premier League. How would they fare?<br />
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A late team change saw Vara's boyfriend ash pressed into action for the first team. How would having two complete rookies and no girls with any Premier league experience affect the team?<br />
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<strong>The Awful Dodgers</strong><br />
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<strong>v Jammie D's - The original</strong><br />
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Going into this match after<strong> </strong>four seasons our record against the Jammie Dodger's read:<br />
Played 8 Won 4 Lost 4<br />
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The JD's are probably the closest to us in terms of experience and ability. One week they can be awesome. the next week they will lose all of their games. Either way our matches are always fiercely contested with a great deal of sportsmanship.<br />
There was still nothing to separate the sides after two sets and with both of their star players on court Christina Wong and some guy called Camel Tow we were in for a tough ride. Judging by a weakened side they put out in their next game it was clear they were targeting our fixture as a must win.<br />
Into the final set it looked like the gamble had paid off. They were up in numbers and seemingly counting down to victory.<br />
If you cast your mind back to our last match against the Jammie D's it was once again Richard Djaelani who turned the tide in the last match. Fellow baldy Christian Mills must now see Richard in his nightmares as it was again he who provided Rich with an excellent catch before a swift counter attack from an unknown source eliminated Camel Toe.<br />
Just about to celebrate victory JD's manager Sarah Skyte looked absoultely devasted as it became clear we'd turned it around in the last seconds to seal victory.<br />
Writing this report in hindsight means that this moment can be singled out as one of the most significant in ensuring we qualified for finals night with a week to spare. However..there was still work to be done.<br />
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Result:<br />
<strong>The Awful Dodgers 2 Jammie D's - The Original 1</strong><br />
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<strong>v Balls Deep</strong><br />
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This match displayed how close the league is this season and how lucky we were to come up against the new teams earlier in the season. A glance at the league table would have made this look like one of the easiest games of the season. Especially as the previous victory had been a credit to the Premier League debutants. Despite the fact we'd never been in the same division as them before this is Balls Deep 3rd season and have embarrassed us in a One Set Wonder Night previously despite being bottom of their division. Was this defeat due to inexperience of our new players or are Balls deep our bogey team. Every sports team has one. Some bunch of duffers we just can't beat.<br />
This game was easily winnable but somehow we let it slip through our fingers. <br />
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Result:<br />
<strong>The Awful Dodgers 1 Balls Deep 2</strong><br />
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<strong>v Ball Out War</strong><br />
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Last year's champions were struggling in the league and we'd already seem them off twice however this time one of their weaker girls was missing and who do they replace her with? That's right. The un-hittable Christina Wong with a deadly arm to boot. Suddenly the teams weren't so even and the first set was quickly lost.<br />
However a stunning performance in the 2nd set with new Canadian Brandon Davis proving he's quickly developing into a Dodgeball star meant that we went into the final set.<br />
It was at this point and a place in final's night on the cards that my competitive spirit (and few too many beers) got the better of me. What could the team possibly need after polishing off the opposition in fine style. That's write....a drunken captain hustling his way way onto the court as a substitute...oh dear,,,in hindsight I'm embarrassed.<br />
In my defence I didn't play too badly but maybe the disruption to the team spirit was telling. The set and match went against us. However all things consider a haul of 5 points from tonight's fixtures was a more than acceptable result.<br />
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Result;<br />
<strong>The Awful Dodgers 1 Ball Ot War 2</strong><br />
<br />Players of the week were Jill Hawker and Rachael Morris who stepped up into the Premier League seemlessly and played a lot of Dodgeball when we needed them.<br />
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Excellent effort!Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-85816851186218054012011-10-31T23:03:00.001+00:002011-11-01T10:38:39.238+00:00Team for Wednesday 2nd November - Meet 1830 Bar KickThe 2nd November....its a kind of halfway house between Halloween and Bonfire Night.<br />
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Will we celebrating with a rendition of Katie Perry's 'Firework' or will poor performances give us ghoulish nightmares....come to think of it I'd prefer neither.<br />
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2 teams this week split over 5 games. One squad of 6 starting early and the remainder will fulfil the last three fixtures (now incorporating Dave Jackson's revolutionary squad rotation scheme based on Cambridge University maths.)<br />
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I've based the teams on how early people usually turn up, how much they've played before and who's most likely to at the end for further drinks....oh and I've tried to make them evenly matched..... and we're playing The London Artful Dodgers twice, so we'll mess with their heads by playing 2 different teams against them....and the switching over between matches will no doubt please referee T-M :-)<br />
....Its going to be chaos!!<br />
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<strong>The Really Awful Dodgers</strong> 'Early' 2 games - unchanged team. (Start 1930)<br />
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<li>Andrew Davies</li>
<li>Alastair Hegarty</li>
<li>Jill Hawker</li>
<li>Chad Locke (debut)</li>
<li>Simon Obee</li>
<li>Girl (TBC)</li>
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Fixtures: <br />
v Cojones (Match 1)<br />
v The London Awful Dodgers (Match 4)<br />
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<strong>The Really Awful Dodgers 'Late'</strong> (no, not in the T4 way) - Start 1945<br />
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<li>Steven Barrett</li>
<li>Will Cheverton</li>
<li>Ali Clark (debut)</li>
<li>Mitch Fernandez</li>
<li>David Jackson</li>
<li>Michael McCaw (debut)</li>
<li>Rachel Morris</li>
<li>Steph (Mike's better half) (debut)</li>
<li>Jesse Wilkins</li>
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Fixtures: <br />
v JustDodging (justgiving.com) (Match 2)<br />
v The Dodgebetweeners (Match 3)<br />
v The Artful Dodgers (Match 5)<br />
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<br />Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-36008032519268460152011-10-24T22:27:00.000+01:002011-10-24T22:27:09.910+01:00Team for Wednesday 26th October - Meet 1830 Bar KickA great turn out by the girls this week.<br />
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And some of the team will be proudly wearing the new T-shirts!<br />
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Its only Premier League games this week and with the season drawing to a close its a great time to secure a final night spot or start our traditional end of season slump!<br />
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I think 6 ooints will do it but most importantly. Lets smash Stedders off the court!<br />
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<strong><u>The Awful Dodgers - 1915 start</u></strong><br />
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<li>Steve Barrett</li>
<li>Alexandra Bono</li>
<li>Sean Broughton</li>
<li>Raphael Emerich</li>
<li>David Jackson</li>
<li>Karen Leite</li>
<li>Tom Stubbs</li>
<li>Sarah Tessier</li>
<li>Kyla Winter</li>
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<strong><u>Fixtures</u></strong><br />
v Dodgeball UK Heart Throbs<br />
v Balls Deep<br />
v Ball Busters<br />
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<br />Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-81726017782604890232011-10-17T22:30:00.001+01:002011-10-18T22:35:06.255+01:00Team Confirmation: 19th October 2011A good show from the lads. We need a couple more girls to cover for Kyla and Alex.<br />
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The Really Awful Dodgers start first.<br />
Meet 1830 Bar Kick 1830 for a swift half before being ready for 1900.<br />
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If anyone wants to swap starts we can do that this week. Look who is playing for the Really Awful Dodgers this week!!<br />
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<strong><u>The Really Awful Dodgers (start 1900)</u></strong><br />
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<li>Richard Banks</li>
<li>Steven Barrett</li>
<li>Andrew Davies</li>
<li>Jill Hawker</li>
<li>Alastair Hegarty</li>
<li>David Jackson</li>
<li>Simon Obee</li>
<li>Rachael Morris</li>
<li>Girl (TBC)</li>
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Fixtures:<br />
v JustDodging (Justgiving.com)<br />
v Team Merdeboite<br />
v Magic<br />
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<u><strong>The Awful Dodgers (start 2015 approx)</strong></u><br />
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<li>Will Cheverton</li>
<li>Brandon Davis</li>
<li>Richard Djaelani</li>
<li>Raphael Emerich</li>
<li>John Murray</li>
<li>Tom Stubbs</li>
<li>Sarah Tessier</li>
<li>Vara Arnold</li>
<li>Girl (TBC)</li>
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Fixtures:<br />
v Jammie Dodgers - The Original<br />
v Balls Deep<br />
v Ball Out War<br />
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Good Luck everyone.<br />
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<br />Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-20943433230785655662011-10-14T17:38:00.002+01:002011-10-14T17:40:17.942+01:00Match Reports: 12th October: "Haven't we seen you somewhere else before?"Having won seven matches in a row and and rather bizarley finding ourselves yop of the league this was still ti be our first week without Vi :-(<br />
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How would the team cope? On the plus side (a very angry) Kyla was back.<br />
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However, with the flames from last weeks 'First Battle of Shoredicth' dying down it was the Really Awful Dodgers who arose from the ashes like a Phoenix to be the star team this week.<br />
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First up however were the Premier League Team. This week they welcomed new players Brandon Davis and Sarah Tessier into the squad who had shamelessly been fast-tracked into the first team on the basis that they were Canadian! Yes that's correct. That is the limit of my tactical genius.<br />
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<strong><u>The Awful Dodgers</u></strong><br />
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<strong>v Dodgeball UK Heart-Throbs</strong><br />
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With some of the squad reluctnat to leave the comfort of the Bar Kick sofas and Raphael 'Getting a London A-Z for Christmas' Emerich being guided in to the new venue by mobile phone. The first team were somewhat disorganised when they first arrived on court. The first game was going to be tough if 'as promised' Dodgeball UK supremo Andy Stedman was going to use the 'Heart-Throbs' as an invitational 'all-star' team. Indeed their first weeks set of results had been good winning 3/3 games against decent oppositon. They even selected 'yours truly'. However, thankfully for our unbeaten run it was an entirely different team that lined up against us.Hmmmm.....haven't we seen some of these players before. <br />
If we were disorganised on court, Didgeball UK has been a mess behind the scenes. The promised presence of Dodgeball's 'Harlem Globetrotters' where not in evidence and instead we were faced with the team we seem to play EVERY WEEK. Schoolgirls & Ball Girls + league referee Terrie-May.<br />
To their credit the replacements put up a valient resisitance proving that they are getting better every week. In fact at one point it looked like the match was going to go in their favour. <br />
This wasn't the best performance by a long stretch by the Awful Dodgers however soem great throwing by Kyla who had now focuseed her day's anger on Dodgeball destruction saw us claw our way to another win.<br />
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Result: Awful Dodgers 2 Dodgeball UK Heart Throbs 1<br />
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<strong>v Schoolgirls & Ball-Girls</strong><br />
The old football chant goes.<br />
"Can we play you every week?" <br />
With School Girls & Ball Girls we seem to have got our wish. This week we effectively played them twice. With Raphael now in situ and raring to make his season debut we were confident that this match was going to be breeze........It wasn't......even though the final score suggests it was. THe SGs & BGs are fast improving rapidly but ultimately they had just played six matches on the tot and were knackered.<br />
On the plus side they picked up their first win of the season and personally I'm glad to get our fixtures against them out of the way for this season. We've beat the 3 (four) times out of 3 (four) and 'm sure by the end of the season they will start beating a few teams who are near the top of the league. Thsi can only help us:-)<br />
They are also a very socialble and decent team. we like playing them.<br />
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Result: The Awful Dodgers 2 Schoolgirls & Ball-Girls 0<br />
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<strong>v Busted Balls</strong><br />
Was this to be the '2nd Battle of Shoreditch'?<br />
Well....in a word...No. Alex was devasted that her arch-nemisis was adsent from their team. Did the lack of this vital spark lead to the end of our nine match unbeaten run that had took us from our usual spot in the lower reaches of the league to the VERY TOP. Did we run out of steam or were a fully focussed Busted Balls simply too good for us?<br />
Whatever the outcome our record breaking set of results have left us in a very healthy position to qualify for finals night:-) Onwards and upwards.<br />
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Result: The Awful Dodgers 0 Busted Balls 2<br />
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The its time for the hight light of the night!!<br />
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<strong><u>The Really Awful Dodgers</u></strong><br />
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Having seen in prevuious week themselves be very much in the shade of their 'older siblings' the Really awful Dodgers had seen their role models falter for the first time. How would this influence their performance?<br />
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<strong>v The Dodgetweeners</strong><br />
Would the Really Awful Dodgers have the 'Will' to beat their first appointments or would they be be slightly 'Jay'ed by the previous weeks performances and late start.? Would any of them adopt my 'Neil'ing technique to help them win?.....and win they did. 'Simon' Obee was very please with the victory.<br />
Thanks Simon for playing this week. I was really struggling to think of a 4th bad pun.<br />
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Result: The Really Awful Dodgers 2 The Dodgebetweeners 0<br />
First 2-0 win ever!!!<br />
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<strong>v Magic</strong><br />
2 wins in a row? Could it be magic, now'?<br />
Unfortunately it was. With their green t-shirts ready for week one and their decent results 'Magic' wouldn't be out of place in the Premier League. The Really Awful Dodgers were in for a tough game and were brought to ground with a bump. Its difficult to write a match report about a game that was over so quickly.<br />
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Result: The Really Awful Dodgers 0 Magic 2<br />
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<strong><u>v The Honey Badgers</u></strong><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg">Let's watch the video again!!</a><br />
Remeber this team? Remember their one key asset? The guy in the black T-shirt who was a really good catcher?.....No obviuosly not and this week he had changed T-shirts. How dare he!!!!<br />
The Really Awful Dodgers who had played the previous week obviously couldn't remember him. However, this didn't matter so much as we had a ace catcher in our midst in Anton (or Bob) - apologies I haven't quite got to grips with differentialting Laura's friends from each other..<br />
Whichever one it was (bright yellow/greenish T-shirt) pulled off a match turning diving wonder catch.<br />
A hard fought and deserved victory in a very entertaining game against a team of very nice and sporting people. This is what Dodgeball is all about.<br />
Well done. Beers all round.<br />
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Result: The Really Awful Dodgers 2 The Honey Badgers 1<br />
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<strong><u>v Cojones</u></strong><br />
A fourth game? Yes that's right. The fixtures computer has been playing up. More to follow on that one.<br />
perhaps those beers weren't a great idea after all. They still had a decent team to play. A night of ups and downs ended in another 2-0 defeat, but hey in a week of ups and down at least they had 2 peaks.<br />
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Result: The Really Awful Dodgers 0 Cojones 2Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-45856835706930880072011-10-09T22:51:00.000+01:002011-10-09T22:51:06.641+01:00Vi for Victory in the First Battle of ShoreditchThe new venue with its dulled acoustics and new teams has got off to a very civil and gentlemanly start.<br />
Things changed on Wednesday and that's why I call it the 'First' Battle of Shoreditch. There will probably be more. Hopefully not involving us too many times.<br />
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It was always going to be an emotional occasion with Vi playing her last ever game as a regular (I'm crossing my fingers for the odd guest appearance) before see returns to Germany. We new it was going to happen but it all seemed to happen so quickly.<br />
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However, Alex had brought her Mum to watch so surely we were all going to behave ourselves?!<br />
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First up were the <strong><u>Really Awful Dodgers</u></strong> fresh from their first competitive win. Would they build on this achievement? <br />
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<strong><u>v Cojones</u></strong><br />
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Looking at the league tables this was going to be the toughest fixture of the night.<br />
The day leading up to the games was spent desperately trying to get a fourth girl to play and thankfully Rachael came up with the goods and Helen Potter answered the call to make her Dodgeball debut at late notice. When we usually approach girls to play the first questions they ask. Does it hurt if I get hit in the face? My usual answer is no and it happens very rarely. <br />
This was to prove entirely false to Helen in the very first minute she received a fast flung ball straight in the head. Staggering around slightly dazed we reassured her that she wasn't out and lived to fight another day. A second ball thrown in her direction took care of that.<br />
This was to set the tone for the match which Cojones took comfortably.<br />
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Result: RADs 0 Cojones 2<br />
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<u><strong>v The Honey Badgers</strong></u><br />
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Confidence was higher for the first leg of this double header against a team that had yet to win a match.<br />
Easy?!......not so.<br />
It soon became apparent that one of their players was an extremely good catcher. His catching ability good that this match led to the shortest ever career for a ball boy for Honey Badgers. Mine.<br />
Somewhat naively the Honey Badgers asked me to be a ball boy. A decision they were to regret as soon as they started to steer away from the rules. Rather than concentrate on the task in hand I decided to berate the player returning prematurely. I'm sure it was an honest mistake but it was enough for me to realise that it was impossible for me to be a neutral ball boy. <br />
After repeated throws at the master catcher the team quickly sudsided despite there being signs that it was indeed a winnable game. <br />
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Result: RADs 0 Honey Badgers 2<br />
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<strong><u>v Honey Badgers</u></strong><br />
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"OK guys...remember the tactics. Don't throw at the guy with the black t-shirt...he's third only good player"<br />
So what happened? It was taken on board for at least one set....but otherwise.<br />
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Result RADs 1 Honey Badgers 2<br />
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It was over to the Awful Dodgers....but not before a crisis at the new venue. The <strike>bar</strike> fridge had run out of alcohol!!!!!!!<br />
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A swift trip to the off-license over the road soon fixed the problem. However, whilst other teams had the same idea and surepticiously snuck in bottles of San Miguel and Carlsberg (the beverages of choice of 'Bar Fridge' , Andy Davies waltzed in with a carrier bag of Fosters cans. Subtlety has never been his strong point!<br />
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In what now seems to be our weekly fixture against these guys we were determined to get off to a good start in what was definately the easiest of our fixtures and so it proved. Whereas last weeks game was a closer affair with a bit of early seson rustiness needing to be shaken off. This week proved that experience is a vastly under-rated. Nothing remarkable about this game. We left the excitement for later!<br />
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The Awful Dodgers 2 Schoolgirls & Ball-girls 0<br />
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Was last weeks victory against the reigning champions a fluke? Au contraire.<br />
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This match was always going to be a tough game which in all honesty we expected to lose. Buoyed by the previous two wins the momentum was taken through to the first set and in a game that swayed to and fro a couple of lucky breaks sealed the game for us.<br />
A set down and facing a shock defeat Busted Balls had clearly had their feathers ruffled. A couple of 'non-walkers' in the 2nd set led to a change in mood in the set. I decided to get up to my old tricks of 'if you can't beat them, join them' and decided to ignore a hit i knew the referee hadn't seen....Yes...i know its wrong...but!..<br />
This only further enraged the opposition and meanwhile across court Alex was having her own personnel battle with a French bird (now to be forever know as Chuckles) who kept on giving her the bird....shocking stuff. Ultimately the set was lost but the red touch paper had been lit for the final set.<br />
After realising that my presence on court wasn't going to help matters and that I was playing shocking Dodgeball due to the amount of alcohol consumed the decision was taken to withdraw myself from the action.<br />
I'd like to think that the realisation that this was Vi's last ever set for us spurred us onto one of our best ever performances. Well if that's the case. We should have someone leave every week....oh, I think that's already been happening (last season!)<br />
The final set of the evening was secured and Vi left us in a very healthy state TOP OF THE LEAGUE!!!<br />
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You'll be glad to know V ialso left with a bottle of Campari in her hand :-)<br />
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Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-32882395637417584352011-10-08T09:35:00.002+01:002011-10-08T09:56:40.896+01:00Competition Time: Win a Free Week of Dodgeball for the Awful Dodgers or Really Awful Dodgers.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Who is the little fella being apprehended by the bobby? (Name and Surname)</div>
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What has he done? Was he innocent or guilty?</div>
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Who is his friend? Did the ball connect?</div>
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What is the name of the copper? Is he a friendly local rozzer 'just being his job' or is there a darker side to the arrest?</div>
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The aim of this competition is to flesh out the legend behind the badge and give a name to each of the characters.</div>
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It's time to get creative. The more detail the better the chance you have of winning.<br />
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Submit a comment or e-mail entries to: <a href="mailto:the_awful_dodgers@hotmail.co.uk">the_awful_dodgers@hotmail.co.uk</a></div>
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Competition is open until Tuesday 18th October 2011</div>
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Competition is only open to players eligible to play for The Awful Dodgers or The Really Awful Dodgers (i.e. anyone!)</div>
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The winner is the person who is credited with naming the main character (the apprehended boy)</div>
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The management reserves the right to choose which team the winner plays their free game for.</div>
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No cash equivalent prizes are available.</div>
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The 'management' reserves the right to change the rules at any time and generally be a tad biased and a little bit of a control freak.</div>
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Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-77216627689037668072011-10-04T07:58:00.002+01:002011-10-04T08:01:15.189+01:00Awful Dodgers' Fan Club Goes International - Match Report 21st September 2011<div class="ecxMsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Why, I hear you ask? Has Steve gone mad?.....that happened ages ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Whilst updating the blog I took sometime out to look at the viewing stats for people keeping track of our adventures. The origin of audience figures were quite revealing. </span></span></div>
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<li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">U.S.A. – We seem to have a ‘special relationship’ with our friends across the pond. Hardly surprising due to the fact a lot of these viewers are probably searching for the film Dodgeball and spend most of their day on the internet whilst stuffing their faces with donuts.</span></span></li>
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<li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">New Zealand – Again, no shock. It’s nice to know that my friends from my travels are eagerly keeping an eye on our progress.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">We here at Awful Dodger’s HQ really appreciate every single one of our fans and we feel that it is very important to not become detached from our fan base unlike mainly of the ‘big-time charlies’ who ply their trades in other sporting leagues such as the Barclays English Premier League for starters.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Therefore please find below some facts about Guadaloupe that might help you if you start getting fan mail (or “french-letters”) sent to you from the Caribbean.</span></span></div>
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<li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Whilst not in the Guadeloupean style Cayerine Quinol</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">, aka Katrin, is known worldwide as the lip synching icon of the piano-house trio Black Box</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">, who burst on to the Music Scene in the late 80s with songs such as' Ride on Time'</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">. Katrin is, however, a trained singer and she went on to release her own work.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">This week the Really Awful Dodgers welcomed plenty of new players to the ranks with debuts for Alastair Hegarty, Jillian Hawker, Mitch Fernandez, Simon Obee, Leila Dukes. It was fair to say they were a totally new.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Thrown into the deep end was another debutant Sean Broughton who made his debut for The Awful Dodgers who were up first.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Following last weeks encouraging results, that put us in mid-table, this week was going to determine if we were going to compete for a play-off place of be stuck in yet another relegation battle. It was important that we got off to a good start against the league new-comers:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">It wasn’t a great start to the match against this rookie team and we quickly found ourselves depleted in the first set. However, it became apparent with all new teams that some of them hadn’t completely read the rules! A couple of them threw their wickets away going for silly catches and as soon as the numbers were evened up it wasn’t long before we overpowered them. The 2<sup>nd</sup> set was much more of a formality with experience telling as we swept them aside. Sean Broughton proved that he was worthy of promotion straight into the first team by sealing the 2nd set with cricketer's throw that would have run out even the swiftest of batsmen such was its pace and accuracy.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">It was good to get this fixture out of the way whilst this team are still green as they clearly have a few dangerous players who will develop over the season and start beating the bigger teams.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Our first big test of the evening against last year’s champions. A team we lost to twice last season. The entire match was keenly fought and could have gone either way. However..Ball out War’s confusion with how to deal with my new tactic of kneeling down and drawing fire meant that we were able to pin their top throwers to the back of the court and make it easier to catch them. This worked a treat with Alex Bono once again making a game turning catch. Before we knew it we’d beaten them! Some shameless targeting of one of their ‘less mobile’ players in the dying seconds of one of the games ensured victory. She wasn’t impressed and stormed off the pitch refusing to shake hands. To be fair the rest of their team took defeat a lot more graciously.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Rightly so. We were wiped off the court pretty comprehensively. The 2<sup>nd</sup> set saw some great fighting spirit and we drew level. I then took the decision to keep the subs from the 2<sup>nd</sup> set on the bench – including myself and my loyalty was rewarded. The decider swung too and through with some big hitting from their star player ‘Camel Toe’ leading the Jammie D’s through to victory. That was until a sensational last few seconds where the numbers where swung by a couple of key hits and a great late catch by Richard Djaelani. (Although after discussions in the bar afterwards with the opposition we’re not entirely sure how much he know about it!)</span></span><br />
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With virtually a new line-up the first match of the season for The Really Awful Dodgers was always going to be difficult. Would they be inspired or intimidated by success of their contemporaries?<br />
The inaugural performance proved to be brief but considering the majority of the team had only just met in Bar Kick 2 hours previously it was no surprise they were overpowered by a team that had at least attended a taster session together (although that didn't even help last season's intake!)<br />
The first set was up for grabs and had it not been for a couple of pieces of naivety in the closing moments the result could have been so much different. This match will be remembered most notably by the discovery that we now had a 'club physio' in the squad (an unpaid position - before you get any ideas Sean!)<br />
A mix-up between uni mates Dave J and Andy D left the former with a busted thumb that was to rule him out of the remaining games. <br />
Fortunately, on-site amputation was avoided by the revelation that Sean was a qualified physiotherapist.<br />
We're almost like a proper sports' team now! All we need now is a qualified otolaryngologist to help solve the ongoing drama of Dave Chandler's ear-ache....which is giving me ear-ache! Oh please......anyone???!!!<br />
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Reeling from the loss of their most experienced and joint most successful player (Dave Jackson - One win ever!). The Really Awful Dodgers lined up for the second game with even lower expectations. That was until they saw the opposition team.<br />
Why not recreate the magic of <strong>The Really Awful Dodger's first ever win</strong> by popping down to your local primary school, picking out the smallest, girliest girls, lining then up against a wall and then throwing coke cans at them until they cry!<br />
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Drunk on the taste of victory (and Carlsberg and San Miguel) normal services were resumed against a team that I sorely wanted to see put in their place. 'The Artful Dodgers' - how very dare they.<br />
Any sign of flat caps and a second team called The Really Artful Dodgers and I will be instructing the team's lawyers. Do we have any lawyers in the squad??<br />
Our pocket's weren't so much picked during this match. It was more of a mugging in broad daylight with all of our pocket money stolen by the bigger boys. Oh well. Three points on the board was an instant improvement on last season.<br />
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Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-28597668461334367972011-10-04T07:09:00.001+01:002011-10-04T07:09:59.778+01:00Lookalikes 4Last week's Lookalike was wildly deridided as being even worse than Week 1!<br />
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Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353803168662743314.post-10271784554466764282011-10-03T23:57:00.000+01:002011-10-03T23:57:45.698+01:00Team for Wednesday 5th October 2012Altogether now!<br />
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<a href="http://dodgeballuk.spawtz.com/External/Fixtures/Standings.aspx?SportId=0&VenueId=5&LeagueId=7&SeasonId=4&DivisionId=11">"We are top of the League, I said, we are Top of the league!"</a><br />
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And again:<br />
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<a href="http://dodgeballuk.spawtz.com/External/Fixtures/Standings.aspx?SportId=0&VenueId=5&LeagueId=7&SeasonId=4&DivisionId=13">"We're not bottom of the league, I said, we're not bottom of the league!"</a><br />
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Hah! We may not need Raphi to win our games anymore but heck he's playing this week!!!<br />
(Phew - no John or Richard this week means we're lacking a couple of stars!)<br />
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For those of you who pay attention to the fixture list you will notice that we are playing each team 3 times this season. That's right. There will be a re-match v Busted Balls of 'The Battle of Shoreditch' - Alex can't wait!!!<br />
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Meet: Bar Kick 1830 if you're really keen!!<br />
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<strong>The Awful Dodgers</strong> start first at 1920 approx.<br />
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<ol>
<li>Steven Barrett</li>
<li>Alexandra Bono</li>
<li>Sean Broughton</li>
<li>Raphael Emerich</li>
<li>Fred Pearce</li>
<li>Tom Stubbs</li>
<li>Sarah Tessier (debut)</li>
<li>Kyla Winter (may be late)</li>
<li>TBC</li>
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Fixtures:<br />
<strong>v Dodgeball UK Heart-Throbs</strong> (Stedder's team of ringers/clients -unfortunately Stedders is in Barbados at the mo so we won't get the chance to kick his arse!)<br />
<strong>v Schoolgirls & Ball-Girls </strong>(for the 3rd time)<br />
<strong>v Busted Balls </strong>(once more unto the breach dear friends. Fight, Fight, Fight)<br />
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<strong>The Really Awful Dodgers</strong> start at 2020 approx.<br />
<ol>
<li>Andrew Davies</li>
<li>Brandon Davis (debut)</li>
<li>Laura Feetham</li>
<li>Mitch Fernandez</li>
<li>Jill Hawker</li>
<li>Alastair Hegarty</li>
<li>Rachael Morris</li>
<li>Simon Obee</li>
<li>TBC</li>
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Fixtures:<br />
<strong>v The Dodgebetweeners </strong>(best chance of a win)<br />
<strong>v Magic</strong><br />
<strong>v Cojones</strong><br />
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<br />Steven Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04565515024421989980noreply@blogger.com0