Club Blitz

Well yours truly managed to win the club Christmas blitz last night to claim the coveted tin of roses first prize . Mind you by then I had eaten so much of the food kindly provided by O Keeffes that I didnt manage much of the roses, I think they were left for the bar staff in the end. It must be said that I was a little lucky at times, John Cassidys recent habit of losing drawn endgames helped me out. In fact in the second of our games he was winning when his flag fell, but thats blitz for you. Others who took part were Rob Wall, Joe Cronin, Gerry Casey and the inimitable Andrew Ingram. I think they all enjoyed themselves. Kieran O Brien also appeared for some blitz, my usual trash talking during blitz backfired on me as Kieran went 2-0 up but, after I realised I better shut up, I managed to bounce back with three stright wins to clinch the best of 5 match! The club will take a break next week but we will be back as usual in a fortnight for the first meeting of the New Year.

Advertisement