Saturday 24 March 2007

Week 4 scores

Terribly sorry! I forgot to post the fixtures for week 4, but with any luck, you saw them on the WWN. I had a meeting about the publishing of my new book, Brooms and Teams of Modern Quidditch. It's scheduled to be released this summer, so keep your eyes peeled! Sorry again, and here are the scores:
The biggest game of the week was the Arrows-Meteors game. The Meteors continued their winning streak, but only by a tic! The Arrows were ahead by 150, and John Rogers, the Meteors Seeker caught the Snitch just milliseconds before the Arrows put a goal in. (For those of you who don't remember, if the catching of the Snitch makes the game a tie, the Snitch-catchers' team is declared winner).
The Bats-Pudd. U. game was interesting as well. Towards the end of the game it got a mite more...rambunctious, with clean plays, but just a smidgen off from being a foul. The Bats won, 620-500.
The Catapults-Wasps game was extremely one-sided, pitting one of the better teams in the league against one of the worst. The final score was 10-330 with no capture of the Snitch because all the Catapult players had either been taken out by Bludgers or collapsed from exhaustion. Even scarier than that, the game lasted a mere 41 minutes.
Me and other Wanderer fans are happy, the Wanderers gathering a win after 2 losses. The excitement is somewhat dampened, however, because we only beat the Cannons, who seem to be playing their normal sloppy selves after their win over the Catapults last week. The scoreline was 260-90.
The Streaks have recovered from their loss last week and made an impressive win against the Falmouth Falcons. The Finborough Flick was used twice by the Streaks, incredible work; they seemed to have Bludger repellent on, and for a new team, they played spectacularly, the final score being 520-420, even though the Falcons got the Snitch.
The Kenmare Kestrels defeated Pride of Portree 340-260 in a match that had a few decent plays, but was generally boring.
Lastly, the Tornadoes lost again. They haven't got a win this season, and I hate to say it, but their chances at the Cup look positively dead. They played against the Holyhead Harpies, who gave Tushtill a sound thrashing, the final score being 480-20.
The games are getting really serious now, with teams displaying excellent work, and they genuinely seem to all be cancelling each other out. The Meteors are now the only team with a straight-win streak, Puddlemere United losing this week. And the bottom team remains still the Tushtill Tornadoes. If the Chudley Cannons are playing better than you, you know that you have to step up your game. Generally though, the games were thrilling and excellent displays of what these teams can really do. So,
I'll see you next time,

-Kennilworthy Whsip