Following last years heavy defeat the Parish Council were out for revenge in the second annual darts match with the Ebor Players as 'sporting' rivalry resumed for 2010.
First match up was the ladies doubles which after a closely fought match was narrowly edged by the Ebor Players represented by Diane Curran who finished with a three dart check out & her daughter Jo against Jo Bewley & Cayley Godfrey. Bewley being very unlucky with her final dart bouncing out of the 5 needed to win.
The next match, the mens doubles was a much more one sided affair with Tom Davis & newcomer Paddy Thornton always having the better of Tim Bruce and gender bender Christine Higgins, a 'man' for the night due to a shortage of the latter on the Ebor Players team. Honours even 1.1
Next up was mixed doubles with the Ebor Players represented as last year by David 'the steelman' Rose and Bev Linfoot. They continued their winning ways and narrowly edged a close contest with Stewart Harrison & Catherine Bruce.
Now we were into the singles with Lisa Thornton (Parish Council) and Julia Sykes (Ebor Players) both coming into this match with unbeaten records, something would have to give and it was Thornton who emerged victorious to make the overall match score even again at 2.2
Men's singles newcomer Steve 'the boatman' Poulter easily defeated Andrew 'the scientist Dunn meaning that Ian Jemison from the Parish Council had to defeat Ebor Players captain Liam Godfrey to keep the match alive. Jemison duly obliged leaving Godfrey with a 0-2 record, his place must be in jeopardy for next year.
So with the scores tied at 3.3 the decider was a mixed doubles between Poulter & Diane Curran & Sandra MacDonald & Chris Dale for the Parish Council. The match ebbed and flowed in true tie-breaker fashion until finally 'the boatman' prevailed to claim his second victory of the evening.
Victory for the Ebor Players by the narrowest of margins by 4 matches to 3.
Thanks must go to Ros Kerr for donating a trophy and getting it engraved, to the Ebor Inn for their hospitality and to all who agreed to take part from the Parish Council & Ebor Players
"what's with the sandpit in the new never to be opened playground "
There will have to be a big opening ceremony so we can be told how hard people have worked...who has done what etc. There is no such thing as working for the community without receiving praise anymore!
Even more laughable is Cllr Thornton's comment in the Jan 10 Parish Council minutes,
"Acting on advice from the former Architectural Liaison Officer, the Parish Council was
instructed not to gate the play area in order to facilitate open policing. However, this advice has been dramatically reversed during the course of the past two weeks by the new Architectural Liaison Officer, which directly contradicts that given by his predecessor."
Need I say more?
Thanks for the minutes. What is the comment (11.2) about a gate on the cyclepath? I hope that we don't have to campaign for wheelchair access to be maintained.
Also, what's with the sandpit in the new never to be opened playground that is being used as a cat toilet? Obviously not designed by a cat owner. This is a serious hazard to pregnant mothers. Try Googling toxoplasmosis.
It would be better to attend the next meeting but I'm away.
PC Minutes now on PC Page
Stewart
Not really related to this story...it would be nice to have the Parish Council minutes updated more regularly on this site. Still waiting for the Jan 10 minutes....