I can do desperate

Spotted the bowls league tables in the paper this evening. Looks like St Ives B are certain to win Division 4, though apparently the jump up to Division 3 is sometimes a step too far and they get demoted the following season. St Ives A are off the bottom of Division 1, only by virtue of playing more matches.

Something Geoff said when we were arranging possible dates for our club pairs semi final tie put me in panic mode... the last league match for the A team is next Thursday. What??? How many matches does the B team have left? And what does that do to my increasingly shrinking ambition of playing for them at least once this season.

Counting the number of other teams in Division 4 (11), and assuming these tables don't include tonight's match, THERE"S ONLY ONE MORE LEAGUE MATCH TO GO!!!!

Think I've finally sussed out how the team is selected. Having indicated availability by a Tuesday evening, the captain selects the team about 20:30 Wednesday evening down the bowls club and uses the bowls club telephone to call in reserves. Hence the call I missed last night which didn't give it's number.

So to improve my chances of being selected next week, I'm going down the bowls club about 19:30 Wednesday to hang around with an available look on my face. More a look of desperation, says the wife. I can do desperate as well if it gets me a place in the last league match. In fact I can do Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear or anything else needed to get that precious, precious place on the team. Could even do tears.