Waimate Win Second Grade 3rd Year Running
Today Waimate Second Grade travelled to “the Rock” to take on Celtic in the final and attempt to retain ‘our’ trophy three years running.
Things did not start well as the Celts started by letting Waimate play on their No 1 wicket, which those of us who saw it know was a disgrace at most levels, although it was still one of the better ones this season!
Waimate batted first and were regularly losing wickets, and then Shep retired hurt (someone told me he has gone soft since getting engaged), but he did manage to return to the middle after Todd was out to a dubious Pete Wallace decision.
Suffice to say, in the time I was watching it was generally doom and gloom for Waimate as they battled through to just pass the 100 runs before being all out.
You would think Celtic would have learned by now, not to abuse the Waimate guys, and get them riled, but when guys call Pete a “blind old %&*#” among their many other statements, only one thing generally happens…….yep….Waimate get fired up!
Today was the same, and as I followed the game via text and word of mouth, first I heard Celtic were 30-3 off 10 overs which sounded promising, and then even better the next txt said 69-9, and eventually the final one to say Celtic all out for 74.
I don’t know the intricasies of who took wickets, catches etc, but I do know that all out for 74 in anyone’s book is a hiding, and we will look forward to Pete walking up to accept the trophy at prizegiving!
Saturday Semi Final
A quick note about Saturday’s game which Waimate needed to win to make the final…JT (Mr Thomson to you schoolkids) took 5-19 and then Tim Suddaby with 55 not out and Todd Bailey with 59 not out made the chase look easy as Roncalli were put away, and MVHS/Star denied any last minute chance of making the final.
