Shotley on Tour - Alicante 15th Oct to 19th Oct 2018
/You have probably all heard what a blast the eight of us had in Alicante and how welcome we were at Club Montemar with 21 tennis courts, paddle tennis, table tennis, french boules, football pitches, huge swimming pool, bar, restaurant and really friendly people and i know that a further trip is planned for May 2019.
Big thanks go out to Tony for his planning and his credit card, Zoe for booking flights and hotel but especially to Keith for his creation and delivery of “Superstars” - a tough test of mind and body over 2 days. As a former professional footballer Keith knows what sorts winners from losers and came up with 5 varied disciplines to test your fellow members. Everyone took part in each event and each person nominated 2 of those events as either their Wildcard where their score would be doubled and a Joker where their score didn’t count. 8pts ( that’s points not pints ) were awarded to first place down to one point for last position.
Results were as follows:-
Hearts - a card game of skill & complexity Dominoes - a test of nerve and maths
1 Joan 8 1 Yvonne (Wildcard ) 16
2 Vince 7 2 Peter 7
3 Tony (Joker ) 0 3 Vince 6
4 Peter 5 4 Keith 5
5 Yvonne 4 5 Joan 4
6 John 3 6 John 3
7 Keith (Wildcard) 4 7 Tony 2
8 Zoe (Joker ) 0 8 Zoe 1
Contract Whist - ideal for the cunning Tennis - the natural home for the group
score Pts
1 John 127 8 1 Vince 16
2 Vince (Joker) 114 0 2 Peter (Wildcard) 14
3 Keith (Joker) 98 0 3 Tony ( Wildcard ) 12
3 Joan (Joker) 98 0 4 Keith 5
5 Yvonne 93 4 5 Joan 4
6 Zoe 81 3 6 Zoe 3
7 Peter 73 2 7 Yvonne 2
8 Tony 65 1 8 John ( Joker ) 0
Table Tennis - a test of skill, stamina and flair
Round 1 Table Tennis final table
Keith 2-0 John 1 Vince ( Wildcard ) 16
Vince 2-0 Tony 2 Peter (Joker) 0
Zoe 2-0 Yvonne 3 Zoe ( Wildcard ) 12
Peter 2-0 Joan 4 Keith 5
Loser’s Playoffs 5 Joan ( Wildcard ) 8
Joan 15-4, 15-5 Yvonne 5 Tony 4
Tony 19-21, 15-5, 15-11 John 7 John ( Wildcard ) 4
Semi Finals 7 Yvonne ( Joker ) 0
Vince 15-10, 15-6 Keith
Peter 15-12, 15-7 Zoe
Final
Vince 17-15, 11-15, 15-6
Final Placings & points
Gold Vince 37
Silver Peter 28
Bronze Yvonne 26
4 Joan 24
5 Zoe 19
5 Keith 19
5 Tony 19
8 John 18
Some things we learnt in Alicante :-
Peter is even more competetive than we thought
Joan will play her Wildcard in the Swimming next year and win it.
7 of us felt even older when Zoe said “ Who is Neil Diamond”
John plays table tennis like he plays tennis - all the shots and style but still doesn’t win.
Keith’s tennis wardrobe is much more expansive than we thought.
Tony is much better on Google than on a tennis court, card table etc.
Yvonne is good at dominoes and even better at it after a few g&t’s
Vince is apparently barred from setting quizes ( they were too hard ) but is looking forward to defending his title next year.
See you all on court soon