Last Sunday the Ventura Mariners Midget 16U Puckheads had their pre-season team meeting/party at the Allen's private
game preserve. There was good food and plenty of drink. Not to mention games and activities for adults and children. Coaches
Dave and Jere went over their rules and expectations for the kids. Ref Steve gave the 411 on SCAHA rules changes and Manager
Nicole delighted the crowd with the intricacies of hockey administration. Best of all, I think I found myself a Twitter reporter.
It was a great time. The only real bummer was Cheryl drank all my beer. Shame on her.
There
were so many highlights, I don't know where to begin. Yeah I do. The dominance over the horseshoe bit exerted by Dave and
I was clearly the story of the day. We crushed all competition from beginning to end. I did play one game with Brian Z. as
my partner and ended up loosing to Blake and his mom of all people, but that was just a small blemish on an otherwise perfect
record. BTW, Jason lost a bet to me and I expect him to pay up. Hopefully we can get it up on youtube. Continuing with dominance,
the parents took on the kids in volleyball and beat them unmercifully. It was a great day for the geezers.
I
think everybody had fun. It's awesome to get the old gang back together. It was also nice to spend some time with the McKillops.
They will definitely fit in with this traveling circus side-show we call a team. Big thanks to Tom, Sam, Gianluca and Jasper
for hosting this party. I hope their property value didn't take too much of a hit by having us out.
Team
Nickname: Well, the people have spoken and apparently they want the new team nickname to be the "Puckheads." The only
thing that worries me is that I'm prone to typos. One misplaced "f" and we're going to have some trouble.
POTW:
Wow, the competition was stiff this week. Julie took a commanding lead by bringing me a six-pack of Lone Star beer and by
purchasing my book. Tanya got in the running because it was hilarious at how bitter and jealous she was of Julie. Devin got
some consideration for bringing that awesome jalepeno mustard but fell out when he cheated in horseshoes. Then, we had a surprise
entry. Josh's little sister Tiffany not only gave back-rubs to the moms, but was willing to body check her sister out of the
way to serve cold refreshment to the dads. On top of which, she has agreed to be our team Twitter reporter. So, despite the
fact that she's not a parent, Tiffany wins the Parent Of The Week Award. Here's the thing people, last week you got whooped
by someone that isn't even on the team and this week a 13-year old girl took you behind the woodshed. Y'all need to step up
your game.
