Originally Posted by
edbear2
Hi John,
It can get fraught even now, in the 9 odd years I have been doing it now, it has been mostly calm, but there are a few strong characters in the league, and a few years ago we were told by our captain to walk out and abandon a match as the captain of an opposing team refused to get off the target at 8.30pm to the away side (us) to allow practise...I think the pair of them had a bit of history,and there were stories of past gamesmanship of different types / faking scores etc.
It ended up with a bit of loud voices, and a small keffufle outside when one of our team, an ex Para in his 70's but 6 foot plus and fit as a butchers dog, turned back on someone as he left due a comment, I think the other guy saw sense.
We then had an league enquiry where I was amazed to see people basically making stuff up to cover their backs.
Rematch at a later date was a pin drop affair, but we won, and a couple of the main protagonists have retired now so we all get along, it's strange how one or two people can dominate a group.
Normally eve3ryone is good as gold as all have shared hobbies and interests, jut the old bad apple syndrome I suppose, bound to happen in a league of 120-150 people.
ATB, ED