Saturday - Sept. 2, 2006

We're into September now and the morning started out gray and cool. Autumn is on the way I guess. For the first time in a while Zack was able to assemble 8 players for a round robin. After 3 rounds Rudy and Harry were undefeated. Harry looked like he has returned to his old self in playing today. The results of the round robin are as follows:

Round one -

Zack/Cathy over Louise/Larry (6-4)
Rudy/Harry over Bill/Richard C. (6-5)

Round Two -

Rudy/Harry over Zack/Cathy (6-5)
Bill/Richard C. over Louise/Larry (6-5)

Round Three -

Rudy/Harry over Louise/Larry (6-0)
Zack/Cathy over Bill/Richard C. (6-4)

The sun was shining when we adjourned up to the deck for refreshments. It was still a little cool. Cathy and Richard had a nice basket of multigrain tortilla chips with some tasty salsa to go with it that every one enjoyed. Louise presented her sourdough bread with spinach dip on a silver platter that everybody enjoyed. We had to stop when we ran out of bread. Seedless grapes were available courtesy of Harry. That was the healthy part of the refreshments. Bill presented what was billed as "beer nuts" but looked curiously like mixed nuts. The beef Jerky was supplied by Rudy. Zack, Larry and Rudy supplied the liquid refreshments.

As an adjunct to the refrehment time an official weighing for the Tomato Contest was held. Louise (Zack's wife) presented another entry this week. It looked very presentable in a little basket but when it was removed for the weighing a huge crack was exposed. It weighed in as the new leader at 17+ ounces.

The ratings that changed after today's play are as follows:

Rudy - 4.9
Zack - 4.7
Larry - 3.9
Bill - 3.5
Louise - 4.3
Cathy - 4.3+
Harry - 3.4
Richard C. - 5.7
Carole - 5
Cyp 4.5

All other ratings are in the "Saturday - August 19, 2006 - UPDATE posting.

We'll be back next week.