Louise loses lead
Although there was dampness in the air, it was a pleasant night at Louise’s at which our host lost her leading ladder position on home turf. She is now trailing Rob by 10 points with the 2022 champ Tara a further 25 points below in 3rd place. Steve was once again absent due to family illness, and El Presidente was away in a rare absence, mainly due to not liking the game program!
We played Five Crowns as the main game, and look at the image below to see how it played out in the scores – Tara won from Rob by 25 points with Matt in 3rd place. Tara scored zero five times, Rob had four zeros, and Matt had none! Last placed Genelle scored six zeros. That shows it’s not scoring zeros that counts, it’s what’s left in your hand when you don’t score zero.
The backup was Hues & Cues which Louise led for most of the game, building up a lead that looked uncatchuppable (apologies to English teachers for that word, I just couldn’t resist). However, with Louise just 4 jumps from the finish line, Rob did in fact catch up, and overtook her to make the 50 points needed to get to the top of the ladder. Matt also scored a double helping of points with two 3rd placings. With only six players it’s possible for everyone to score points, but alas, with the two boys scoring double points, it left Nicole and Genelle to the ignominy of WHP.
After remarking that Hues & Cues is really a girl’s game with its fine gradings of colour, Rob, half-joking, suggested to Matt that he should name his colour after a drill, such as Makita, which Matt promptly did by giving the clue “Ryobi”. Rob immediately chose a colour that was some distance away from the correct Ryobi colour, even though he owns several Ryobi products, but some women won points in that turn! Excellent idea backfired!