The Fighting Rooster It's Time

Aug 11 2012 ROOSTERS V GLENHUNTLY GIRLS 
at Glenhuntly

This Weeks Wrap up (and a fine piece of work it is) by the slightly less over mothered yet oddly adorable of the golden greeks Nosti. 

12:45pm, Saturday 11^th August, I was travelling on Burke Road just crossing the south eastern arterial, heading south towards good old Chisholm to get to the Glenhuntly and my phone rings. I hear these words “Bloke where are you?”....it was the Great Greek God calling, for he was lost! Nosti provides directions.

I get to the courts and I see Neale walking bear foot towards his motorcycle over gravel – he forgot his socks at home! Nosti had a spare pair of brand new socks and provided them to the lost soul.

As usual, Alan was on the courts hitting the ball and always ready for the battle.

Clouds are grey, no sun, slight hint of a drizzle, a south easterly breeze, footy match playing with fans going off their nuts, punch on’s with footy players just behind us, a footy team warming up literally next to us. But the most impressive thing of all, we could hear an echo in the wind.....Johno, Johno, Johno, here, here, here, dropping the ball, dropping the ball, bullshit.........

What an ideal preparation for a crucial match – no wonder Glenhuntly were 3^rd! They were immune to all that noise....it’s like growing up with a dog which barks at cats in your backyard......aaaaaaaahhhhh those memories.

Rafa Nadabolis

So, the pairing were:

1.       Greek Gods

2.       Alan & Niale

Match 1: Greek Gods

We lose the toss – Glenhuntly serves. We break immediately and go up 1-0. Dennis Klapas Martinez (looking like somebody from Columbia), with a 5 o’clock shadow x 3 steps up to serve – he holds. Martinez quietly carrying a knee problem, speaks to Nosti Bobolas Nadal to cover him and Nadal thought “loose a few kilo’s bloke you fat c%@t” but as a gentleman and a team player who never loses his cool responds “No problem buddy”

Halfway through this match, we were 5-3 up and then I see Alan and Neale shaking hands at the net with Neale smiling from ear to ear “reminded me of humpty dumpty in a funny sort of way” – they smashed the 2^nd pair 10 – 1.

We continued playing, hearing the footy crowd going banana’s, watching punch ons to finally succumb to a 7 – 10 loss.

Cumulative difference at the change over Albert Park ahead by 6 games.

Mr. Pusti, Mr. Malaka and Mr. Safety Tennis

Match 2:

Knowing we had a lead, my memory of our last encounter losing to the Glenhuntly Girls by a few games still lingered fresh in my mind. So redemption was on the menu!

Greek Gods:

We opened up our match and before we realized the scores were 3 – 2 in our favour. Martinez and Nadal looked at each other and both agreed to go into 2^nd gear and out came the big guns. Looking across to the other match, both Alan and Neale were on fire – fantastic returns, brilliant passing shots by Alan, thundering smashes by Neale – we had a serious battle going on next door and they were up 5 – 4.

Before too long, the Greek Gods had match point. Nosti was serving at 9 – 3, 40 : 0 – I went across to the tram lines to serve. The Glenhuntly player went across to the backhand and exposed the down-the-line serve. Then I thought – this is it, tossed up the ball and went for the “T” and the ball flew in the air and landed in the corner – ACE! We closed the match 10 – 3

Alien III

A great effort!

PS Neale washed my socks and gave them back to me.

NOS the Boss

A 12-4 fortnight and we're in the finals lads!!!

Next Week's team V winless and bottom team Stella Heathens @ home

Alan Yuri Nil & Brian

Thursday 6.30pm as usual

Aug 18 V STELLA MARIS HEATHENS (home)

 brian alan yuri nil

Then...

Aug 25 SEMI-FINAL nick dean

Sept 1 FINAL nick dean

WINTER SEASON'S RESULTS THUS FAR

May 5 V PORT MELBOURNE PILLOW BITERS (home)

Washout

May 12 V MCC MAGGOTS (away)

nil nick mark alan            3-1 LOSS Mark&Al 10 zip x2

May 19 V PARKDALE POOVES (home)
deano alan mark brian                         DRAW

May 26 V GLENHUNTLY GIRLS (away)
nick yuri dennis alan       2-2 WIN on games

June 2 V STELLA MARIS HEATHENS (home)
nick nosti dean and nil 4-0 WIN

June 16 V PORT MELBOURNE PILLOW BITERS (away)
alan dennis brian nil 4-1 WIN

June 23 V MCC MAGGOTS (home)

nick vic yuri nil 4-0 Loss

ahhhhh! mummie's boys

June 30 V PARKDALE POOVES (away)
mark nick brian yuri 3-1 Loss (y&n a win)

July 7 V GLENHUNTLY GIRLS (home)
nosti dennis brian mark  3-1 Loss (n&b a win)

July 14 V STELLA MARIS HEATHENS (away)

forfeit by Stella -8 points to the roosters

July 21 V PORT MELBOURNE PILLOW BITERS (home)

brian dennis yuri nick 4-0 WIN

July 28 V MCC MAGGOTS (away)

Washout 1 match played and lost 3-5

Aug 4 V PARKDALE POOVES (home)

dennis nosti alan deano 6-2 win!

Aug 11 V GLENHUNTLY GIRLS (away)
dennis nosti alan nil a 6-2 win!

Some Amusing Tennis Quotes:

• To err is human. To put the blame on someone else, is doubles. 
  Anonymous.
• Why should you never fall in love with a tennis player? 
  To them, "Love" means nothing.
• I would so like to be Lenny Kravitz. 
  Roger Federer.
• I wore that to a sixth-grade dance. Robby Ginepri on Vince Spadea's outfit in Miami.
• I listen to him most of the time, some of the time I switch off. 
  Andy Murray on coach Brad Gilbert.
• Diane - keeping her head beautifully on her shoulders. 
  Ann Jones
• Zivojinovic seems to be able to pull the big bullet out of the top drawer. 
  Mike Ingham
• If she gets the jitters now, then she isn't the great champion that she is.
  Max Robertson
• McEnroe has got to sit down and work out where he stands. Fred Perry
• When Martina is tense it helps her relax. Dan Maskell
• We haven't had any more rain since it stopped raining. Harry Carpenter
• These ball boys are marvellous. You don't even notice them. There's a left handed one over there. I noticed him earlier. Max Robertson
• She comes from a tennis playing family. Her father's a dentist. 
  Anonymous BBC 2 Television presenter.
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...and finally:does anyone watch these?