Monday, November 17, 2008
Basingstoke Disappointment
The latest Div IV weekend resulted in losses in all three games.
By all acounts, we threw away the Saturday game against Cambridge City, the final score being 15-12 in their favour.
Sunday saw more woe. A close game against Bristol Uni saw defeat by two goals at 11-13 and then league leaders Swindon brushed us aside in the final game with a 20-10 victory.
Jaggers also picked up a year's ban on Saturday for majors incurred.
We've dropped to fifth place in the table, though we are unlikely to go lower. Manchester now lead us by one point and they have a game in hand.
The final weekend is the 29th/30th November back up at good old Walsall Gala Baths.
We've got two must win games against Manchester and the RAF to stand any chance of reclaiming fourth place in the final standings. There is a very slight chance that if both Manchester and Cambridge screw up big time we could grab third position but that's fairly unlikely.
By all acounts, we threw away the Saturday game against Cambridge City, the final score being 15-12 in their favour.
Sunday saw more woe. A close game against Bristol Uni saw defeat by two goals at 11-13 and then league leaders Swindon brushed us aside in the final game with a 20-10 victory.
Jaggers also picked up a year's ban on Saturday for majors incurred.
We've dropped to fifth place in the table, though we are unlikely to go lower. Manchester now lead us by one point and they have a game in hand.
The final weekend is the 29th/30th November back up at good old Walsall Gala Baths.
We've got two must win games against Manchester and the RAF to stand any chance of reclaiming fourth place in the final standings. There is a very slight chance that if both Manchester and Cambridge screw up big time we could grab third position but that's fairly unlikely.
Friday, November 07, 2008
Still in 4th Place
The 4th Division IV weekend saw us come away with our league position intact.
We had wins against Grantham and Newcastle and drew 10-10 in a thrilling encounter with Bedford.
The 5th weekend is on the 15th/16th at Basingstoke.
We have a five point advantage over 5th placed Manchester Hawks though they have a game in hand, as do Bristol Uni who are one point ahead in 3rd. Cambridge (in 2nd) are also one point ahead but have played the same number of games as us. We play both Bristol Uni and Cambridge at Basingstoke so it's going to be a tough weekend.
League leaders Swindon Dolphins have probably got the title in the bag with a six point gap over 2nd.
We had wins against Grantham and Newcastle and drew 10-10 in a thrilling encounter with Bedford.
The 5th weekend is on the 15th/16th at Basingstoke.
We have a five point advantage over 5th placed Manchester Hawks though they have a game in hand, as do Bristol Uni who are one point ahead in 3rd. Cambridge (in 2nd) are also one point ahead but have played the same number of games as us. We play both Bristol Uni and Cambridge at Basingstoke so it's going to be a tough weekend.
League leaders Swindon Dolphins have probably got the title in the bag with a six point gap over 2nd.
