The Huddy Huddy report by Phil Meyer Huddy Huddy - Bays Ascend to Valhalla – Triumph in Barnard Cup Clash (It’s all Greek to Me!) Saturday, our Prems beat host Velox 38 to 14 in our annual Carnival Game – while our Ones prevailed over Velox Academy 34 – 29. (How can a team with Lunk on it claim to be an Academy?) For JBAA, Saturday signalled the end of decades-long jousts on VV sand, sod and slop – as the Carnies are scheduled to move to new Westshore actual grass at the Juan de Fuca Recreation Center post-Christmas. The feature game is full of niggle and challenge – spiralled downward toward the precipice of brawl at the end - posing question regards the depth of Premier-capable refs to manage games on Vancouver Island this season. (This is put as politely as I can.) Our Prems are happy to emerge “cardless” from the chaos - prevailing over a feisty Valhallian side that battles end to end. Two of our guys are dragged off during the onslaught. Our Bays break in front early: Vinny Herlaar beating two would-be tacklers to stride in at five minutes - adding his second three minutes later on a pass from Jacko Smith. Number 10 debutant Elliot Mitrou converts both. Bays 14 – Valhallians 0. At that early hour, our Prems appear to lose a bit of focus – perhaps believing this game would turn out “easy”. Against the Veloxers – hardly ever! At mid-half, VV gets back in the game with a converted try. Prems 14 – Veloxers 7. Five minutes on, Taylor D bullies over the left side, Elliot M converting, to stretch our JBAA lead. At 30 minutes, Velox lays on a powerful run up the middle for a second (converted) score. Then, as the referee raises his whistle for half time, Lucien Nel slashes, spins and darts off a quick-tap penalty to see our Bays up 26 – 14. The second half sees 12 JBAA points - none for the Mid-Way gang. At mid-half, Rupert (Bear) Curtis sidesteps his way to the VV line – Elliot conversion – our Prems up 33 – 14. Two minutes on, Taylor gets his second, taking advantage of a left side overlap of our Bluebacks to ramble 20 meters for our Bays’ final tally. The balance of the afternoon features determined D from both sides – and chaos. Final score: our Prems 38 – Velox 14. Huddy Huddy Prems!!! In the early game, our Ones begin their climb back from semi-trauma a week earlier – as we beat Velox Academy 34 - 29. The game is strangely imbalanced in both halves – our Ones scoring all 34 points early in each half – the Carnies scoring all theirs late. Kieran McAuley notches a “hat” for our Ones – and subs in to play much of the Premier game as well. He is Huddy Huddy’s Player of the Day! Bryan Kelly steadies our Ones at #10, and scores two trys. New Ones’ fullback Wes Block also scores on a 35 meter slice - Max Sydenham kicks two converts. Final score: Ones 34 – Velox 29. This early game featured several “Blasts from the Past” for the enjoyment of our Viagra 5’ers and others “in the know”: Scotty (Mama) Warren; Nick Witkowski (also subbed into the Premier game); Jamie (Wingnut) Collins; and, of course, Lunk for VV. Scotty and Lunk, trying to “do” each other, nose to nose in the front row, was a particular treat. It was also great to see Cole Braid – battling back in his second game on the wing for our Bays! Huddy Huddy Ones!!! Post-game, our Bays invaded the House of Valhalla for several “lasts”: last (several) beers; last handshakes (this year) with VV Olde Stars; last exploration of some of the interesting smells around the VV clubhouse. Next Saturday, our Bays move on to Windsor Park behind the Tweed Curtain to face the Dubbs in the third game of our VIRU Barnard Cup trifecta. For those who don’t speak Proper English, better bring your Canadian-to-Proper English Dictionary to the game. A WIN for our Prems will secure home field advantage in the Barnard Cup final!!! Go Get Em Bays!!! Note to Huddy Huddy Readers! Nancy and I are off to Africa for three months. Our plan is to avoid: shrapnel in Israel; kidnappings in Egypt; ISIS in Jordan and Oman; malaria in Krueger Park; muggings in Cape Town; and Ebola in West Africa. Then return at the end of December. People will be staying in our house – but they don’t do rugby! So there is no point in emailing Huddy Huddy - or in phoning us after Tuesday. We will ignore you! We simply won’t be here! Hopefully, Barry (the Bad Boy) Robbins will fill in with Game Reports, etc. when/if he sees fit! Huddy Huddy! – Does anyone have a two-day primer in Africans?
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:04:34 +0000
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