The Three Musketeers lose their Crown

Thanks to Kathy for writing this in the wake of Thursdays disappointing events..........

"The lack of a full team forced the Bear into a 4 -2 loss at the Crown !
With the Landlord and Geoff on Valentines duty and Wally too busy watching Tottenham;
Ken, Dave and Kath travelled to Didcot to face the realality of not being in a trophy position after all. With the 1st game a 3 -0 to the Crown through lack of opponent, Kath lost to their 'Best Player' in the "1st real" game 3-1. Dave narrowly missed his double to make it a 3-2 loss and Kaptain Kenny brought home a 0-3 win for the Bear. The doubles draw left Dave and Ken to a 1-2 win and Kath playing twice in the doubles managed another leg but lost 2-1.
This was a valiant try for the 3 musketeers but after all results were in, left the Bear sadly sitting in the middle of the league table.

So what happened to the B Team !
With no one to drive him anywhere, captain Dave Latamer was stuck playing gooseberry to a full pub of courting couples on Valentines night, when in walked the Dolphin C team.
What happened next is an unwritten chapter in this bloggers knowledge but I'm sure someone will let me know how Secretary Mark failed to notify the Dolphin that we had re arranged the game and had made arrangements for the game to be played at the Portcullis in the TV room.

So apologies to The Dolly & The Portcullis...................."

Kurse of Kaptain Kenny...........

Looks like the weight of the captain's job is sitting heavily on his shoulders- another "double" loss for him, and a heavy defeat for the Landlord at the hands of their best player, meant another 3-3 draw for Bear A. At least we didn't lose !
The match fixing panel are investigating the CAT's mysterious loss to The Plough, and an irregular betting pattern that has been traced back to an infamous pub in Didcot. Each way betting has now been suspended.
B Team are still AWOL so don't know how badly they lost.


PS We were all nice to Dave last night.........

Who goes up with The CAT ?

A 4-2 victory for Bear A last night against our old rivals at The Plough. All square after the 4 singles, with Tim & Geoff cruising to victory whilst Ken & Dave doggy paddled down the plughole. Thankfully, our pairs form has been a revelation recently, and when Dave wimped out, Kath stepped in, to team up with Geoff again, and maintain their perfect record together- they make such a nice couple, it seems a shame to break it up. Ken & Tim duly mopped up and we are now in a good position to hold onto that vital promotion spot. However, still two tough games to go, and we will be missing the "untouchables" for the last game.
Thanks to all the B Team players who couldn't be bothered to turn up- I take it you don't want a team then ? Despite being 1 player short, they actually performed well to go down 2-4 to the Dolphin.- well done Ian, Tony & Roger.