FOUNDING FATHERS OPEN UP THE SHOULDERS

North Canberra Gazette - May 2007

The Founding Fathers have renewed hopes for the B-Grade season with a convincing 149 - 118 three skin win over second place Yallops. The win comes off the back of five straight losses and improves the Fathers season opening stand to two wins and seven losses.

Gladdy (Captain) won the toss and elected to take advantage of an early flat wicket. The Fathers were keen and could be accused of being Joe Dakky-esk in the vacant court polishing their bowling and working some minor niggles out of their batting form while the match progressed.

Match highlights included an opening partnership of 45 in which only one wicket fell and Our Kylie amassed 23 with Gladdy close behind on 22.

Nads (26) and Itchy (22) followed suit and upped the ante with a second partnership tally of 48 for the loss of only two wickets. Itchy appears to have regained his form of last season's encampment where he smashed a tidy 48 on the beach despite a serious, self inflicted, short term mystery virus.

The only stumble in the Fathers batting line-up came in the premier partnership (11) of Norris (16) and Gilly (pretty good). The numbers flattered Norris who was successful in running out his partner at least once and probably another.

Hugo (19) and KEVIN! (26) steadied the ship with 45 in the final partnership and the Fathers had set a daunting total of 149.

Gladdy ran a tight, well organised crew in the field, leading by example and seemed to have all the answers with well timed bowling changes. The Fathers collected the first two skins and it was all looking too easy until another premiership partnership stumble allowing 62 runs. Yallops had rallied needing only 40 runs from the final partnership when a bad dose of the Yips was adminstered by death bowlers Hugo (1 for 4), Kylie (3 for -5), Gladdy (1 for -2) and KEVIN! (2 for 11). The Fathers would have been most pleased to see Gladdy rattle the dreadlock dickhead's stumps in the penultimate over.

Man of the match honours went to Gladdy (2 for -3). Batting honurs to Nads (26) and KEVIN! (26).

The midnight beers flowed in the carpark notwithstanding the subzero amenity. FINES were duly adminstered to Gladdy (no ice), Hugo (sitter of the match), Our Kylie and Gilly (failing to take the hat trick), and a special, in absentia, retrospective FINE to the Snorkmeister for spitting the dummy at LCG management after last weeks loss. His ears must have been burning as the lads had a healthy dig in his absence.

Next week - 9:30pm vs Dodgy Wicket

In the 8

1 Gladdy - Captain

2 Nads

3 Hugo

4 Snorky

5 Conga - beer boy

6 Our Kylie

7 KEVIN!

8 Itchy

Available

9 Gilly

10 Norris

Injured

Choco

Gristle

Inzy

We certainly went down, not sure about the glory part

Shot down in a blaze of glory
Take me now but know the truth
cause I'm going down in a blaze of glory

Lord, I got to ask a favor
And I'll hope you'll understand
cause I've lived life to the fullest
Let the boy die like a man

Crowd reaction

Fans let the fathers know exactly what they thought of last night's performance.

FFCC issue public service announcement

Inzy 'under the knife' rumours persist

Reuters

Rumours persists that Founding Father's ace batsman Inzy is soon to undergo radical ankle surgery.

Attempts to contact Inzy's management have so far been unsuccessful.

Stay tuned to this site for the latest news!

Shambolic Fathers

Lost 103 – 56 to the Screamers

Hard to defend a total of 56 but they were only barely there after three partnerships.

Highlights:

Our Kylie - Standout best bowling 5 for -18 (25 pts) (+ve contribution 23)
Kevin - 5 for -3 and awarded Man of the Match for excellence in the field (25 pts) (+ve contribution of 12)
Norris - top score 26 with the bat (25 pts)
Hugo - 4 for -2 and (+ve contribution of 12)

Fines awarded for not taking the hat trick: Our Kylie (1) Kevin (2) (But Kev is ON A HAT TRICK) Itchy (1).

No doubt about it - A Founding Fathers B-Grade Win is INEVITABLE!

But we need 8 players or it is always going to be tough.

Practice session with ACT player/coach is a possibility for interested Fathers.

It may be on a Friday night but to be confirmed.

Fathers hit rock-bottom in B-grade

LYNUM TIMES

2 May 2007

A Founding Fathers six member quad struggled this evening in a in a dismal 139 run B-Grade drubbing. A search for answers in the car park with beer boy Gilly having a range of crisp, frosty options accompanied by bartender-like perspective, revealed the likely outcome of a big win with a squad of eight fit Fathers.

Acting Admin Captain Nads played all the cards to rally the eight. But with big gun veterans Snorkey, Our Kylie, Hugo, Choco, Itchy, Gristle and Kevin on the sidelines this week, the Fathers even suffered the indignity of a -5 run penalty for not having matching shirts. What could Nads have possibly done?

Having retained the Captaincy after not losing the previous week's ANZAC DAY BLOCKBUSTER, Norris looked to all hands for options and found nothing but enthusiasm, drive, confidence, pride and excellence. Norris put it simply: "If you don't put 8 on the ground you are always going to struggle in B-Grade. We had our superstars on the sidelines, apart from Nads and Inzy and Gilly and Conga and Gladdy. The Fathers best runner between the wickets (Inzy - 6) played with a bad ankle sprain. Whaddaya gonna do? We defended the total knowing every delivery was a wicket opportunity and never gave up hope. We know we can whip their a*se."

After losing the toss and being sent in, Norris took the strike and never looked back. Man of the Match Norris knocked match high runs of 18 and 29 in match high partnerships with Conga and Gilly. Gladdy was next best with another no fuss 11 not out. Amazingly, Norris piled on 47 of the Fathers total 78 runs.

Gilly posted mach best figures of 3 for 18 and took out the white line fever award for the 14th consecutive match. There weren't many positives for the bowlers with Norris having second best figures of 2 for 23.

Gilly and Norris each copped a FINE for failing to take the hat trick (although Gilly was robbed of a chance that went to ground in a sitter of the match nomination by Nads).

Gladdy (1 for 9) and Nads (1 for 44) were machine like with the ball but unlucky due to a bit of bleeding on the mid off boundary. Inzy (2 for 29) and Conga (0 for 26) were unlucky. If part time keeper Norris hadn't grassed stumping after stumping off the bowling of Gilly (1 for 17) , Gladdy (1 for 19) and Nads (0 for 12) in the final three overs it was anyone's match.

Inzy was gracious in the field (particularly to the batsmen) and sportingly dropped the sitter of the match (FINE) off the last ball of the match thus saving Nads who had done more than the necessary ignominy.

The Fathers look forward to a late start next week (8:10 or 9:30) (tbc).

Inzy and Gilly: OUT; Choco and Gristle: TEST.

Available:

1 Our Kylie (Captain)

2 Kevin

3 Nads

4 Snorkey

5 Itchy (beer boy)

6 Conga

7 Gladdy

8 Hugo

9 Norris