2008 Winter Season Opener

Today has marked the season opener for the 2008 Winter Season as well as the inaugural post for Send and a Shot. Everyone brought a strong game against the weather coming off the potomac river but Dave was able to come through. 

Following a set of well positioned turns it looked like Roarke was set to gain poison and attack on the remainder of the field, but a strong turn by Bevington snatched his hopes for a opening win away. 

Chris's strategy brought him

 a sure kill but in doing so sent Roarke thought the final wicket pair to the Starting Post, earning Roarke two points only to have his poisoned ball snatched away without a chance to play. 

Justin came roaring out, reaching the wicket pair outside the turning post on his first turn. Unfortunately the loss of momentum on his second turn took just enough away from him to make regaining the lead difficult for the remainder of the game. 

Pivotal to Justin's strong opening was his ability to use Christi three times on his opening turn, a maneuver that left her poorly out of position by her second at-bat, a deficit that also left her out of competition. 

Dave's long game was as strong as normal, but his uncommon mistakes on short-range shots has carried over from the Fall 2oo7 season. While this may have cost him on some position shots, it ultimately was not enough to snatch poison or the win away from him. 

The game came down to a poison-to-poison shootout between Chris and Dave. After a pair of missed kill-shots Dave was spared an out-of-bounds rule suicide only to be stuck in the rut of the far bushes. Chris made a strong attempt to play into a difficult position, but ultimately left himself open to Dave's attack. 

Congratulations to Dave on the win for the season opener.