Tonight is the final game in our regular season play. And we will be starting at 6:30 . Dress warm, it has been unusually cool here in Novato. Our dinner theme is Mediterranean Nights.

 

Following are the results from Round 4 and the standings.

 

Going into our final game the standings are:

 

WINLOSS

 

Checkered Napkins40

Mangiamo31

Trinity Plus22

BBC’s13

Ramones13

Winning Colors13

 

 

Well we all tried hard, but despite my repeated warnings and an incredibly valiant effort by the Ramones, the Checkered Napkins were once again victorious. That game was an epic battle, back and forth and back and forth, point by point, the Ramones led by Clay Lingo and assisted by Deborah, Chris Cattich, Taylor and the stalwart Carl ocassionally tied Jim Woodcock’s Checkered Napkin’s, with the amazing Kris Costa, Bobby and Jim Leon. Though the Ramones never took the lead, they were never far behind and in the end, were barely defeated losing by only 1 point.

 

The Checkered Napkins are going into tonight’s game with a perfect record. There is just one more chance and the pressure is on John Costa and his Mangiamos, Mary Alderete, Jack Campbell and Kay Missin. Until Round 4, the Mangiamos also retained a perfect record, but it was destroyed when Winning Colors finally came alive and won their first game of the season. Once again it was a closely fought match with constant need of the tape measure and a more than a few courtside discussions. However, Lynne Missin inspired her girls, Chris, Leslie and substitute Jasmine to play to their full potential and with a score of 12-11  the Mangiamos were defeated by a single point.

 

The final game of the night was barely different than the first two, with both teams the BBC’s and Trinity Plus holding matching records leading into game 4 it was a battle of equals, once again fought point by point until the conclusion. Conor’s Trinity Plus teammates, Matt, Sheryl and Brad, won 12-10 over the BBC’s captained (harangued) by Rupert and ably supported by Ted, Susan and the ever competitive Barb.

 

First game tonight is  Checkered Napkins playing Mangiamo, promptly at 6:30