All guns blazing for the OTs

With temperatures dropping across the Sydney basin the Overtoucher's heated things up to finish the first round of the competition with a 4 and 4 start. This see's them sit high atop the competition ladder.

Self doubt and anxiety was strewn across the faces of most players after the motion was carried to leave the warm comfy blanket of the Belrose touch football competition and take on the new challenges of open age touch football down by the dark and stormy ocean coast. The Touchers who mostly live high on the escarpment of Terrey Hills were demanded by the order of the committee to ply their trade at sea level. 

With victories of 10-1, 8-5, 7-3 and 10-1 the Touchers have set themselves up as the team to beat. With good front runner form, the OT's go into the next round of games full of youth, vigour and Tooheys Dry in some peoples cases.

In an attempt to throw off the OT's, the event organisers moved the fixture last evening to a new battle ground.  I overheard an opponent ask with a northern english accent "what pitch are we playing on?". 

I was about to advise the opponent that we play on fields not pitches and if he wished to continue to use the incorrect description I would suggest he go off and play what the Chairman calls the devils game, soccer.

With that B2 incurred his second breach of his now financial term at the OT's by appearing in what can only be called soccer shorts. Reluctantly accepting his breach notice, he set about in search of assigning a breach on another Toucher, to level up the score. He would have his time later that night.

With apologies accepted from the Rookie and the VC the team sheet looked like this:

Chairman
SuperCoach
BBB
B1 Survey on nicknames
B2 Survey on nicknames
Jonty
Milt
HOF
Locksmith
FMJ

You may have seen Tim Cahill score this week the fastest goal in MLS history

Well SuperCoach saw that and matched it by scoring in quick time off the first set of touches to get the big wheels in motion.

There was no going back for the opponents even with 29 minutes to go.

The Chairman laid down a decree that not only will player changes occur for the try scorers but also for those making errors. I am happy to write that it was the Chairman himself that suffered at the hands of this order and to top it off he received a double pump of also being marched 10 metres for back chatting the official. SuperCoach was only too happy to order him from the field.

The big three in BBB, B1 and B2 were mercurious across the park and ran the game as they wished. In the absence of the VC the big 3 were up to the task

Jonty came into the game off a two week break with combined leg injuries and debilitating virus. The lack of match fitness did not see any lack of his swooping runs. His try down the left hand side off a questionable pass was scenes of past glory when he scored match winning tries in the 2011 and 2012 semi finals.

Milt seemed to be enjoying himself in the battle on his old stomping ground. You sense relief in the big winger since locking down sponsorship deals for the OTs with Penfolds, Brokenwood, Yalumba and Japanese brewing giant Kirin.

With the HOF desperate to confirm himself as the northern beaches top defensive winger, he was solid in stopping the opponents from crossing the white line. You could only suggest that he truly must have missed the Rookies online tutorials, therefore, was not stymied by the message it portrays !!!

The Locksmith returned after a break with his little man, forthwith to be known as the Padlock. Padlock had just that night drawn 2-2 in the devils game and he asked his father to step up and return pride to the family name. The Locksmith did not disappoint and was across the park in defence and saved my butt on a few occasions. On top of that, after being delivered a poor pass and dropping the pill, he fell to the wrath of the chairmans drop ball decree. Did the locksmith look to the passer with disdain ?? No he did not. He took his punishment and left the field....maybe to get a breather as well. Thank you Locksmith.

As a financial member and receiver of numerous breaches already, B2 was desperate to assign his first breach on yours truly. Being brought up in a Christian society and being schooled in only the finest catholic schools that the Manly peninsula can provide, I have been taught proper (!!!) on how to treat my fellow man. 

But that's not the way B2 saw things. When verbally appreciating the only try of our opponents, B2 saw his time to pounce and requested a breach. In accepting the breach I sought from this moment forward to add another to my breach targets. 

In closing another chapter on the history of the best Touchers this side of the Roseville and Spit bridges, I have received an update from the land of the long white cloud. The VC has been seen sitting in a Maori village. Laying on his back on thatched lounge, with a local holding a tattoo gun aloft to complete traditional artwork upon his skin. In the shape of flying bird that spirals from his lower back up to his neck, the VC has truly embraced the culture of our Kiwi friends. 

Yours in the wonder of what game you guys were watching last night

FMJ

If you did not see it earlier, click on this link for the B1 and B2 nickname survey Survey on nicknames