Dead Dogs Draw - 14/1/09

Season 2009 saw a fit and healthy outfit take the green for the Dead Dogs, Davy Mac back in action after minor surgery was performed over the break to fix his bowlers elbow. Andy Zee and LOL also ready for action, the break a timely one, for both parties. As the team took the green, DDD was keen to take the helm and with the opposition of the last game for 2008 as their 2009 opponent, revenge was there to be extracted by the Dog.

Early on the Dog looked to be bent over taking the full force of the 'Dont touch my Balls' attack. 6-1 down after 5 and the Dogs thought that an early slip in the season could be the difference between glory and alcoholism. Trying to set an example for his team DDD had reportedly chosen to play sober and while most think this a smart move, DDD unable to reach his 1.5 drink, bowling weight, was as close to pointless as a Vegan at a BBQ.

DDD's decision was reported to be for religious reasons, but none the less, the weight of the team shifted to Andy Zee as he sought to steady the ship. More than Half of the scoring bowls for the dog were from the hand of Andy Zee and such and influence would prove vital, as at the other end DDD, drunk on lack of drink (if thats possible) was making terrible directions, was it not for Andy's self confidence, the Dogs might have gone down by too much too early to be able to mount a comeback...... and mount a comeback they did!

On the 2nd last end with 4 bowls to go, the dogs had 1 up but were down by 3 for the night, and looking like falling out of contention once again by tripping on the first hurdle of 2009. But cometh the moment, cometh the man...... it might have been a waft of a coppers pale ale from rink 16 that did it, or just the touch of a red wine glass as DDD went to pick up his non-alcoholic refreshment before the final bowl of the end, but something changed, and the struggling skipper, extracted something from his dismal night to take the end from a +1 to a +4 and put the Dogs into the lead for the first time in the night. The final end saw the Pennant player for 'Dont touch my bowls' lay down 2 very good early markers and the pressure was on from the start. The Dogs unable to get close and the game looked to be over, the night chill enough of a distraction to the Dog for them to finish quick and move inside, but the man of steel, Andy Zee did not think so, and with a salvaging bowl put the only Dog bowl amongst the cluster of opposition scorers to place the dog down by 1. The skippers walked to the top of rink 17, both happy with such a social game but also each equally keen to take the glory by adding 1 scorer to the scatter of bowls. As both skippers had done all night, neither proved to have an influence on the game, so 1 down for the end and a final score of 11-11, the Dead Dogs, salvaged a Draw from what early on looked to be a woeful night.

Best
Andy Zee head and shoulders above his team mates 10 votes
Linda had some really good ends 2 votes
Davy Mac also consistant 1 vote
DDD - utterly useless!!! -10 votes (that will make it hard to take the MVP this season)