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| Report: | After snaffling a few new members from up the road, this home fixture had more than a whiff of Llantrisant about it and family ties meant nothing in this full-blooded local derby.
It was an early walk for the Retriever as Kev rocked up in his winnebago, lead in hand. Kev, always composed, considered his options wisely; Stick or carrot? Tim stood patiently, tongue out, desperate to get some miles in. In the end, the seasoned traveller put the ball in all 4 corners of the court and the Golden Retriever, well, he did the rest. There's a good boy. 1 nil Cowbridge.
With Jimmy and Dan sidelined for the foreseeable, the B's called on a reliable sub to fill in at 5. Sean not only filled in, he filled the whole damn court! Against this man mountain, Josh hardly had room to serve and when he did hit the ball, Sean just swatted it away with raw West Walian power. For Josh, hitting the back wall was a luxury seldom seen and the game disappeared from his grasp. 2 nil Cowbridge.
As Al and Mike eventually began to warm up, the balcony was suddenly bereft of willing refs so it was down to el capitan to oversee this feisty encounter. At 1 game all, I was beginning to think that BST must stand for 'Beers Smoking and Tantrums' as The Raging Bull tussled to dominate the T. Mike was 'dissatisfied' with a couple of decisions and questioned the quality of reffing but 15 out of 15 in 3.04 mins on the online refs course would suggest otherwise. #justsaying! Al was saved last week by a perfectly timed ruptured achilles when he was 2 nil down and facing 5 match balls (Wishing Dane all the best.) but this week his luck ran out and Mike ran off with the game 3-1.
30 years of marriage was clearly taking its toll on Si who despite sporting a new LGBTQ+ haircut, looked forlorn as he went through the motions on centre court. Ben was up against it with his family up on the balcony supporting Cowbridge and threatening to stop his pocket money. In the bar later, Simon claimed that Ben actually had a sweat on during the game but after a closer inspection this was put down to fear and a malfunctioning court heater.
2-2 and all to play for as Gary and Chris took to the court. After 4 minutes of warming up and comparing shit tattoos, the game got underway. The highlight was when Mike pointed at Chris and said "he's put on a bit of weight hasn't he?". Pure gold! Thanks Mike! After a lot of running, and no doubt some much needed weight loss, Chris's little turtle was no match for Gary's flash of lightning thingy and the game ended with Llantrisant taking the bonus points.
The home team took it all on the chin and provided live music (Beatles covers) and Chilli con carne over at RC HQ. Get back to where you once belonged Llantrisant and good luck for the rest of the season.
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| Author: | Dan Patterson |
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| Notes: | AG 2R
great match report again! |
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