Baggy reports from the front line

GB 2 v REFEREES Saturday 7th June at 12 noon.
Best game of the week!

GB 2 played black and REFS white but they had to wear their yellow t-shirts and red hats( as we were playing the REFS, they had to look like refs) and the water refs for the game (Ruth and Wok) wore white cossies and hats. Chief ref was Ma Colley aided and abetted by GB1.

As we had thought that our team was going to be down on numbers as many wanted to go to Belgrade we gained a new player, still from GB2 but until now unplayed in the tournamet - 's he' was our secret weapon. As it happend all GB 2 were up for the match as more and more people got to know of the line up so we had 11!!!!!

The REFS fielded 7 out of 16 at the tournament, with some still reffing the Championship at the other end of the pool. Their line up was Neil Dixon, Andy Fox, Martin Reed, Edwin (Belgium), 1 Clog, 1 Frog and Chris Careless. With the game sheduled at 15 mins each way both teams were up for it!.

The game was not going to be 'Normal' - far from it. Every foul in the book and many that aren't were pulled up by the eagle eyed white refs and given as an advantage to GB 2. Sarah Liscoe (accidently !) took Martin Reeds mask off and he was sin binned for arguing and retaliating, Sarah sin binned herself as she had been trying all week to get binned.

At times neither team could play properly due to masks flooded from laughing underwater and the many spectators were just as entertained by the above water antics. How the White and Chief refs kept their cool I do not know.

The high points were:

• There always being at least 1 REF in the sin bin.
• At one time 5 REFS sin binned for one reason or another, or no reason at all!
• Edwin sat on a chair at the start of a swim off so one could get the puck
• Edwin getting totally dismissed for chucking the score board in (he ignored it)
• GB 2 sneaking extra players into the game so we had 9 in for 4 mins.
• GB 2 keeping 6 heads above water at the starts with another 3 underwater.
• The refs scoring a goal because they had another puck.
• The Dutch ref hiding the puck down his trunks on a free puck so we couldn't find it.
• Neil scoring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

But the highest point has to be 'Alana Michelle', the very hairy girl with the squeaky voice (our secret weapon) It took the REFS at least 5 mins to realise that it was Mitch in a cossie.

Scores
GB Two 5 v 2 REFS

Many thanks to all

BAGGY