By:
Mary Whelan
If
it's Tuesday, it must be Belgium. If it's Wednesday, it must be raining on the
RBVL! Last time we had weather like
this I stared to write this article from the dashboard of my car.
Thankfully, the skies held out so we can play one of our favorite games
of the week.
There
are no standings posted this week since our resident statistician took off right
after volleyball for a golf vacation. Joe,
please get your priorities straight. Next
week the latest data will be posted as the league heads into the final crucial
week before the playoffs, which are scheduled for Saturday 8/9.
This is an all-day event played until four champions are crowned.
Lunch will be served and players should bring their own liquid
refreshments. The final event of
the year follows with the RBVL Awards Dinner scheduled for Friday 9/12 at the
Beach Club. Captains should begin
to get commitments from their teammates because deposits will soon need to be
collected.
Where
in the world is Rocky? Joe wants
you to know that the team played much better without you!
Mark
from Marie’s Traitors would like to say they played a good game with the Kerry
Hills. No matter how hard they
tried, they still won 5-0.
The
Fish Heads lost to Fillmore by 3-2. Tyrone
is at a loss for words as to how they played this evening.
Even Annie could not describe it. There
was so much sand on their bodies that at one point they could not recognize each
other. No balls hit the ground on
either side and they felt it was the most intense game they played all season.
Steve
O would like to know if Party Boy left for Canada yet.
Connolly’s is not the same without you.
Even Mary was heard saying “where is Party Boy?”
Rumor has it that the sidelines were whispering that Connolly’s can
beat this team if they only got their serves over. In the end, we lost to the
Rugby Clubhouse 4-1.
Jim
from the Bikini Bottoms would like to say a few words: George “the Greek”
please get a babysitter for next week. If
it were not for the all–star play of Kerry “Track Shoes” Touhey, we would
have forfeited all five games.
After
a devasting defeat by Abbraciamento’s, Big Toe from Healy’s attempt to pull
up Tommy Whelan from Triple A Farm Team in Florida faltered when Tommy could not
get here until Christmas day. The
final score was Abbraciamento's 4-1 over Healy’s.
Bugsy
is in the house! Its All Good found
out who the real MVP is tonight, Allison who set sail for Bermuda and watched
her teams hope sink! A helicopter
was almost dispatched to bring her back. In
a wind struck match we lost 3-2 to the Beach Club.
Are there enough beers in Connolly’s for Bugsy and Murph to heal their
wounds? Yes and its still All Good.
Louie
from the Sharks would like to say they pulled away from the first 3 wins,
thought they were going to sweep but they must have had too much to eat because
they lost the last 2 (with some hard core fights from the Ramblers and Gamblers.
They bit back and bit back hard. Bonnie
would like to say that although they played valiantly and enjoyed playing the
Sharks, thought we would take more since John turned 40 today.
H.B. to John. Louie is still
in recovery. What was he doing that
took so long to heal? Definitely
not making Bonnie a porch door.
The
two Irish Circles played against each other but the REAL Irish Circle won 3-2.
Tonight marked the return of Louie and Jeanne, both returning from their
one disability however Jeanne was complaining that her wrist was hurting her.
Miraculously Louie no longer has a Groin problem.
In fact, he was seen slapping Tim TBG Murphy in his buttocks.
As for Murph’s pink shorts, it caught the whole team by surprise.
Louie was at a loss for words. Do
you think he should be on the runway for the fashion show when it comes to town?
Louie will drive you there.
Connolly’s
Island lost three games to the Beach Orphans.
Captain Denise believes they could have won if the guys kept off Kathy.
Eventually Denise told Jack to sit down.
As for “Baby B”, Irish Toons is drafting up the recruit form.
When is the baby due again?
The
Beach House has to say that they played the best game of the season against the
Mahooska’s. It was a mirror
image, the most compatible team they have played all season.
If they were to loose they would be quite happy to lose to them. Dicky
Ferrin can block and retrieve the ball at the same time, it was a great game.
Hey Bobby Fash, with the little to now shots you blocked, you think
vitamins might be the answer. The final score was 3-2.
Irish
Tunes played to their hearts content against One Win.
WOW was defeated no thanks to Kelly’s smooth moves!
Even though TJ was hurting, he would not let the game die.
Coach Tom was very impressed with his sons one hand serve.
We would like to thank Jimmy for providing the team with dinner, Jelly
Belly’s! Nothing like chewing the
popcorn flavor one as you serve. Kelly
from One Win was a bit worried about whether they would be able to pull it out
without Maggie, but luckily she did. She would like to thank Murph for the
cooler! Even his eminence, The Bishop, graced the Tunes with his presence for
one of the last games of the season. What
can we say, thanks again! Rocky thanks for providing runway clearance so I can
land the Jet.
Connolly’s
was great as usual. We had the
Frozen drinks, cold beer and the delicious hamburgers served to us after the
game. You think maybe next year we
can update the menu. Let us know
the Kerry Hills is willing to help you out in that department.
We
want to wish the FDNY boys Good Luck. They
will be traveling to Barcelona for an international volleyball tournament.
Let's hope Tommy D's head clears up enough for him to play, or at least
enough for him to imbibe.
Next week the party will be at the Beach Club, always one of the league's favorite spots, always one of the best parties of the season.