Welcome to the inaugural BD softball awards for playing a part in and out of the soft ball Team



MVP : caroline P



Most Improved
Antonio


Commitment to cause
Louisa


Gym membership award: Woodley

Special Mention:Louisa harker


Best play Double play
Ian W and Rob Sw


If i contact something will die award
Calvin S

Special Mention:
Ian W and Callum W




To cool for School
Callum
Special Mention Gemma DH for that roll





We love ringers award for playing fro the bulldogs

Jess p
matt h
Lousia
John (caroline's boyf)
Gorana




The team we liked
man eating badgers facebook or Think Tank, cheers guys

Think Tank had 18 players , and their own catering.. mmm ...They also took the game seriously , and had loads of fun...

Bd batted first , and ravi, having forgotten his belt played like a four year old, clutching his jeans running the bases, when he wasn't sliding completely unnecessarilyinto bases. no runs but plenty of great hitting... and lots of style..

Think Tank batted , and were very good at hitting and fielding (and catering)

however it was during the second inning when our first disaster struck, antonio playing well down and 3rd base, went to field a sharply hit grounder, which fizzed up of the uneven ground and hit him flush on the knee...meaning we were a man down However he did have his own personal catering service.
We also discovered that despite Gary "Rafa" Bonsels absence we have a new intimidator at 1st base...Jacki "Takes no Prisoners" Magafa. While playing first Jacki's competitive Aussie genes kicked in and this manifested itself on a routine force at first. first she caught the ball, then because the girl had overrun, jacki then tagged her, it then rather bizarrely turned into a small shoving match ,(which Jacki won), obviously she apologised..

Rather than doing a inning by inning as normal I am going to do a Sandwich by Sandwich rundown: note the comments are no criticism but notes on my palate..grin

We had a fourth inning stretch..(our version of the 7th inning stretch), however ours had more food

Coronation Chicken: a tiny bit to creamy and mild, I like a bit more spice

We eventually scored our first run, when Dee, with some excellent batting, plated calvin who had managed to get through to third. on a dubious bit of baserunning...

Good work Dee (who stepped into Ant's shoes (metaphorically)).

Pork pies (tasty good but a bit dry, needed a dip)

The following inning , was punctuated by some comedy fielding by the BD infield which caused us to shuffle the pack (Think Tank then started really hitting the ball, like in Home runs)..

However we weren't helping ourselves one long ball was corralled by callum who threw a stunner from deep right to the cutoff, who relayed it to home plate, where another dodgy bounce meant it pinged up and caught Captain Caroline on her head (I feel so guilty for that throw), fortunately because she's a trooper, and made of stern stuff she carried on!!!

Crisps and caroot sticks (Nice variety, but definitely need a houmus or salsa)

Rob Swainson then took matters into his own hands , and hit a great low drive which bissected the fielders , and allowed him to charge for a four bagger or Home Run

About this time the light started to fade badly, Jacki was hit on her wrist trying to field a hard hit comebacker (possibly because Jason on the other Team had just robbed Callum and Calvin with 2 great catches).

We did however finish with a showboat, with no small amount of skill I caught an easy but high fly ball to end the inning, and then proceeded to stun the 2 people watching by doing some keepie uppies a la Woodley....

the game was called they won, but as games to lose go this was one of the better ones..

Party eggs (Quality all round, can't go wrong with a party egg, it could only be beaten by a real Scotch Egg!!!)

Player of the Game: Jacki
getting hit, playing hard and playing well

Super Honorable mention to Callum throws from the deep

Injury of the Game: Antonio for manfully putting his body on the line
super honorable mentions to Jacki (getting an X-rays not a CT Scan) and Caroline

Rookie of the Game : lea w for turning up and supporting us (and drinking beer)
Special mention: dee for do the scoring when I was batting..

Team:
Adam
Antonio
Callum
Calvin
Dee
Jacki
Rob Sw
Stef
Ravi
Louisa (The loud drunk one the other team liked)
Caroline

Watch out on Monday for the awards special.. and roll on next year and next season.. go Bulldogs (Woof!)

well it's bright yellow and round, this ball will do!!!

the bulldogs (arf!) rocked up unusually on time, but met a team , that knew the rules , knew the game , played in lots of other leagues..

after 2 innings the game was up, and the lack of beer was telling (We only had wine.. well we were in posh primrose hill)...

Raiders 22 - 0 BD

The raiders were taking the game too seriously.. way to seriously.. I mean shin pads for a game of Softball???

Lest said the better.. however as a footnote to this game: We know about "the Game ball"
The pressure is on the pitcher

and have I mentioned "fucking shinpads"!!!

Player of the game : Rob Sellers for talking the entire game, and keeping the banter good clean , and completely dirty..
Play of the Game: everyone Every single player got a hit
Rookie of the week: Amanda - it's a pity you played agianst the only not for fun team in the league...

Moral victory: BD we outscored them for the final 4 inning. it was just a pity about the first 2

just a little bit more ... to quote the acceptable but thankfully very short lived career of Gina G....

The Bulldogs (Woof! ) brimming with confidence despite the absence of Star pitcher Calvin came to the rescheduled game... on Primrose hill to find no umpire , no kit... and an opposition stunned by our new amazing t-shirts (which are a tiny bit tight around the neck).

However with No umpire slated to look after the game , and none of the opposition being ready to call a game it fell to yours truly to put of his impartial hat and become Switzerland (without the Swiss Army knives , the guarding of the Pope (no I didn't wear one of the suits said to be designed by Michelangelo, apochryphally ) or the banks ), and umpire both sides of the game.

Surely we should be getting extra points for that alone...

The game started with pitcher Matt H throwing well getting a number of induced swings, however having pitched and fielded with composure the middle the third were to be the undoing of BD.. Adam a , came in for relief and initially struggled to get a good line and length and conceded a number of runs, which were alter to prove critical.

down 9 -4
going into the top of the fifth inning , Geronimo suddenly mentioned that the game should only be 5 inning as we had changed the day (despite agreeing this well in advance)

giving up one run on a walk set up the play of the game ..

Ian W having had a reasonably busy time in the out field , was called upon again, when a long hanging fly ball was hit.. tracking it down he made a great snatch out of the air, and proceeded to bask in the glory by indulging in some well executed keepie-uppies.. however one of the opposition players had gone to early expecting a fumble, and was having to retreat.. not having tagged up...

suddenly the realisation dawned that a double play might be on, Ian , plucked the ball out the air , and fired in an absolute rocket , straight in to the glove of Rob Swainson at 2nd

coming into the final inning we scored lots of runs and put immense pressure on the opposition

we lost by a single run...we had a lot of moral victory , but they feel more Pyrrhic. we need to play a little bit more consistently...

Player of the game: the opposition pitcher who like a gold fish with a bad memory kept trying to turn a safe single into a double , and kept getting tagged out each and every time.. surely he should have learned , he just kept giving us easy outs..
Super Honorable mentions to Adam A and Matt H who pitched heroically to keep us in the game long enough to make it almost possible for our bats to win the game

Play of the Game: the Woodley shuffle, great catch , great keepie ups, great throw, and a brilliant hold by Rob to cap it off
Super Honorable mention to Rob Sw for great hitting , and keeping his head despite a dubious call because everyone was not paying attention

The Kissoff :
We lost breaking the bubble.
nuff said.. the batting is still getting better and we are getting contributions from everybody.. now we just need to sort of the rules , on base running , and be a bit sharper in the field... oh what a a great thing hind sight is .. this was so about to bite us in the next game...

First it was Wednesday... but Euros called Caroline (trooper) and asked for us to reschedule..

EEK!!!!
We were always going to be tight on players due to the clash with the ISP tournament... (still huge major props to all the brasil boys...now to finish it!)

We were missing
Antonio - Holiday, getting stung by Jellyfish according to his Facebook
Jacki - Holiday
Dee - Holiday
Debs - Holiday
The intimidator - brasil
Collins - brasil
Jess P - not brasil but the ISP Tournament, and the having a life thing
Clarke - brasil

The reschedule to Thursady then didn't help , and despite a full workload , and coursework Caroline wrangled a team.. despite additional drop outs from the girls , due to work and prior commitments(Stef and Louisa and yes damn it Jacki was still on Holiday). yes it was going to be debatable becuase we had more boys than strictly allowed

but major thanks to everyone Alex G, Dan C,Rob Sellers, Rob Swainson, Callum, Seb, Calvin, Adam Azor, Ian Woodley and Ben G...

Having just confirmed a 10th person, got everyone suited in the spiffing new T-Shirts (YAY! Debs).

GAME OFF...
takes deep breath...BOOOOO!!!!!!
because Euros lost 2 players at the last minute beside the fact they were the ones to reschedule...

RUBBISH

We get more points and depending on fixtures else where we might have even moved up a place , though the 10 runs scored I think sells our batting short...

Play of the week :the last minute cancellation for a walk over...
Player of the Week: Caroline Page.. Sooper Trooper (okay I couldn't find a really appropriate link becuase Super trooper is a really bad film..rogue trooper on the other hand is much cooler) for getting a Team together despite all the obstacles in her path.. work , coursework, and people having lives...

Okay big game next week .. no football clash..we have a lot more people back..
We can do it.. so lets go for promotion... especially considering the team we just beat is top of the Table ,and the other teams above us are close on points and we have already played.. so

Let's go Bulldogs(Woof!)

Pos.	Team Name	P	W	L	Drawn	For	Against	Diff.	Points
1	Euro RSCG - Eurotrash	7	5	0	1	145	60	85	34
2	BlowUp Media	6	4	1	1	121	80	41	27
3	Three Blind Mice	6	3	2	0	85	65	20	26
4	BD BullDogs (Woof!))	7	2	3	0	67	82	-15	24
5	Betgenius	6	3	3	0	113	133	-20	24
6	London Raiders	6	1	3	1	94	75	19	23
7	The Think Tank	5	2	1	1	78	74	4	22
8	Metrica	6	1	4	0	56	77	-21	22
9	Geronimo	6	1	2	1	66	73	-7	19
10	Latitude	6	2	2	1	73	85	-12	19
11	London 2012	1	2	1	75	108	-33	13
12	Litelogic	6	0	2	1	24	93	-69	7

or No Alla Violenza (see New Order World In Motion mixes)

in part 1 of a 2 part special.. major props to BD Brasil.... Heroes despite Stroudley naming his boots.. picture soon

in all games BD Brasil only allowed one goal (through Strouds), via the shoes/knees of Strouds.... so be good to the the following Inaugural champions of the ISP 5 a side tourney..
so clear a space on reception,

Please please please
and can we get one more BD Brasil shirt so the players can sign and frame it .. for posterity..or at least next week!!!!

The Team
Gary - The Guv'nor /the Intimidator Bonsels
James - the ginger Prince and The overall golden/ginger boot Gillingham or should that be Green
Kel 'look at that Dragback' Okerechi
Nick 'the face' Collins
Dermot Deever (sorry no nick name yet mate)
Nick "Own Goal - Strouds" Stroudley - sorry mate (He was genuinely good otherwise grin)
Warren "Hero" Dawes for the penalty and the eventual winning goal in the semis
Dan "Take no Prisoners" Shone
Chris " Rossi" Ross playing through the cramp..

Special Mention ND won everything .. ginger/golden boot (James G), and the trophy good luck to anyone trying to get it off him...this includes you Ghill...!!!
Here's a news story for the web site Rob...


Special mention to the support
Chris Clarke (also BD Brasil)
Adam Azor (also BD Brasil)
Tim Dalton (Broken Wrist)

and the other bloke with the T-Shirt
Clear a space we have a trophy....

Ladies and gentlemen I give you BD Brasil..check out Facebook.. for a one set of photos.. more to come, BD football blog, and more pictures.. including some adobe potato-shopped ones of the ones I took in really bad light with my 7 year old camera...

BD won. Be proud!!