This week the Dashing D’s set anchor off the dangerous waters of Gavin Lock Oval for a skirmish with the ever tough Gosford. Missing a snotty Gloria (bless!) Dellboy (big wuss – moving house) and Woodsy (condolences from all), we faced a much weakened opposition fielding only 9 guys and missing several key players. Consequently (12 letters) 90% of the action was in their half but fair credit to our opponents (9 letters) they frustrated (10) us for long periods before John scored a scorcher followed by a typical poachers goal from leading gun Ed. (actually can’t remember either goal but always best to big them up) Half-time 2-0 to HMS Barnstoneworth. Read more
This week our very own Concert Party (aka the dashing D’s) were assigned to forward observation duties in the high ground of Mangrove Mountain. Thankfully we were well-prepared for this, having undergone intensive altitude training on Wednesday evening by lugging the esky up to the car park at Terry oval. Read more
With ourselves and Wyoming fighting for fourth spot a win would be a big bonus, plus we wanted to reverse the 3-1 defeat the last time we played them.
Things didn’t get off to a great start with Shaun aggravating a groin strain he thought he was over but alas after just one minute he was off drinking beer on the side! Read more
This week the dashing D’s were on manoeuvres along the peninsular trail for a Sunday make-up game against unbeaten top of the table Woy Woy. The unseasonably warm weather caused everyone to feel like they were appearing in an episode of ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’, with most of us searching for that long-lost bottle of factor 50 in our kit bags before kick off. Read more
This week the Dashing D’s set course on the Good Ship Barnstoneworth for a smash n grab raid on the Northern hamlet of Kanwal hoping to avenge our failure to overcome the might of Gosford on our last foray. Our motley crew of vagrants and scallywags mounted a vigorous assault on fortress Kanwal but were repelled and counter-attacked repeatedly down our right flank by a wily foe using the icy wind and blinding sun in our eyes to bombard our top deck with long high balls. This tactic finally paid off with a late 1st half breech with a 2nd only narrowly averted by the heroics of Baldrick at our rear. Half time 1-0 to Kanwal. Read more
After a few weeks of no games BUFC start the double header weekend against The Entrance.
Both sides started brightly with half chances at each end but neither side really troubled the opposition goalkeepers. Read more
This week we deployed our heavy artillery but ran out of ammo as the ever hard working Gosford finally turned us over with 2 deflections in the 1st half to make it 2-0 which they held onto till the end. Read more
Hilton Moore Oval – East Gosford
The local derby, a game that we had all been looking forward to and one that we really wanted to win. Read more
Sorry for any inaccuracies but too many goals to remember exactly what was what – fine performance though and looking forward to next weekend against the unbeaten Woy Woy where hopefully we’ll have our fave line coach TJ back to organise us. Read more
To our surprise we actually played on Saturday so we had to make the most of it, playing against Kariong who at the start of the day were running 3rd it was going to be another hard game. Read more