6th September 2006

Season One - Week 4

The first season of the Kettering Dodgeball League was finished off in style by SideSteps.The final match of the season was all or nothing. SideSteps had to win the match to seal the league title. They secured the championship in style by overpowering under-strength Retail Assassins 7-0.

After winning the first game 5-0, SideSteps were pushed much harder in the second game, running out 2-0 winners. After blitzing the Assassins 5-0 again, the game of the night saw SideSteps seal the victory with a 1-0 win. With just seconds left on the clock, Daniel Cox (SideSteps) was 1-on-1 against Christina Pinnock (3 hits and 2 catches in the match). Daniel had ball control, with 2 balls on his side of the court, to just one on Christina’s side. He made this count, taking out his opponent with a precision throw to Christina’s ankle and 9 seconds left to the end of the game.

16th August 2006

Season One - Week 3

Retail Assassins chalked up their first win of the league season, thanks to a forfeit from Hit and Run, for both of their matches on the night.

The only match played was a friendly between SideSteps (aka Jammy Dodgers) and a combined Assassins - Hit and Run team, with 3 Hit and Run players and 4 Assassins players. Retail Assassins’ Christina refereed the match. The final score was 4-3 to the combined team. Assassins’ Shaun Gray producing the game of the night. Outnumbered by 6-1 he outplayed the whole of SideSteps to win 1-0.

9th August 2006

Season One – Week 2

Under-strength and out of luck

First up were Hit and Run and Retail Assassins. This match saw the only 2 games to go the full 2 minutes on the night. An outstanding display of dodging, in the 5^th game, by the Assassins Christina Pinnock, who also made 2 hits in the game, saw it finish 1-1 to prevent a whitewash. The other game that went all the way was due to captain Nick Pinnock, 4 hits and 3 catches in the match, surviving for 35 seconds against 5 opponents. Hit and Run were too powerful for the Assassins as they ran out 6-0 winners.. Retail assassins Shaun Gray made 8 hits in the match.

Jammy Dodgers then over-ran the unlucky Retail Assassins by 7-0. Both teams put in strong catching displays. The Dodger’s James Canauan led the way by taking 6 catches and making 6 hits. Retail Assassins’ Owen Toseland made 3 catches and 3 hits but the Dodger’s teamwork and tactical throwing, that saw them target our main man Shaun Gray, was just too much for us.

26th July 2006

Season One, Week One

The action starts for real!

The first match was between Hit and Run and Retail Assassins. Hit and Run’s top marksmen were on fire, as they demolished the Assassins 7-0. Simon Aird led the way with 9 hits in the match, supported by Dale Moore with 8 and Matt Smith and Stuart Toseland who made 7 each. The Assassins captain Paul Marriott and Shaun Gray were the main targets of our opponents, who zeroed in on our best players at the start of every game.

After a 15 minute recess, for Hit and Run to cool down in the oppressive heat, their second match against Jammy Dodgers got underway. Hit and Run continued where they left off, by winning the first 4 games of the match, to put them in an unassailable lead. Result: 4-3 to Hit and Run.

The final match of the night was a much tighter affair. Jammy Dodgers and Retail Assassins were fighting it out all the way in a thrilling 4-3 result that saw the lead change 3 times. The first game was the only one on the night to go the full distance, the Assassins coming out on top 3-1. They were unable to wrap up the win within the 2 minutes, as the Dodgers Daniel Cox, 6 hits in the match, showed off his amazing survival skills. Jamie Walden, 5 hits, almost managed to duplicate this feat in the last game of the match but took a shot to the foot with just a few seconds left on the clock. Jammy Dodgers put in a strong team performance, led by captain Rick Fraterrigo with 6 hits, to win the match. Retail Assassins also put in a good team effort with captain Paul Marriott leading by example with 7 hits and 1 catch, supported by Shaun Gray with 5 hits and Nick Pinnock with 4 hits and 2 catches, both from strongly driven throws.