Quokkas Cricket Club

Quokkas CC 191-1 (Tugboat 85no, Faggie 65no, Arunav 27) beat North Stifford CC 187-7 (Seagull 2-9, Skip 1-12)

It’s that time of the year again, when I have a good old moan about the world’s ills, outline the long and painful winter that I’ve had, before providing a short description of the first Quokkas defeat of the season. However, my winter wasn’t all bad this time around. Saints were obviously woeful (I’d put a fork in us back in February) and lost most weeks. The Eagles lost in the Superbowl. My freedom to protest was lost, as was my ability to swim in our waterways and move freely in Europe. However, I did move one step closer to becoming an Olympian, acquired my first trombone and ploughed my way through several cases of a lovely Chateauxneuf Du Pape.

Harpenden Dolphins CC 185-9 (Smruti 3-18, Harry 2-25, Mike 2-34) beat Quokkas CC 184-7 (Seagull 52, Faggie 48, Tugboat 40)

It was a weekend of birthdays. Paul McCartney made it to 80 and The Yak is slowly catching him up. Both seemed to enjoy the celebrations. Neither seem to age. The similarities possibly end there unless Tom is also carrying pictures of Chairman Mao that I wasn’t aware of.

Paul may have been seen to break up the fab four when he wouldn’t delay the release of his solo album and then gave an answer to a journalist’s question that “The Beatles no longer existed”, but the truth is John Lennon quit the band some time previous and then they all kept quiet about it until they got their (tax) affairs in order. I’m no expert, but Yoko may have had something to do with John’s decision and maybe George’s desire to have his song writing skills recognised would have seen him jump ship if John hadn’t got to the punch first.