| The night before the tournament, the Stuarts Draft club members wondered
if our tournament would even fly. The week before, at another tournament,
a rumor had spread that the Mountain View Singles had been canceled.
That fact, coupled with the fact that we were booked on the same day as
the Winchester's 10th Top of Va. To top it off, the weather reports
had us pegged for 80% chance of rain and thunderstorms. All we could do
was hold our breath the next morning, and see who showed up. We appreciate
all of those who did make it. Against all those odds, we still had a wonderful
day.
The tournament started out HOT and HUMID, air so thick you could almost
cut it with a knife. The rains held out for the morning classes and only
bothered C Class in the afternoon. 3 rain delays hampered their play. fter
the last delay, Mary and Kevin were left in * tie for 1st place.
Waiting out yet another downpour, with daylight quickly slipping away,
they tossed around the decision to play it outYthat afternoon or pitch
another day. Mary wanted to pitch right then and there, rain or shine.
Kevin opted for at least the rain to stop, which it finally did. Navigating
through the puddles, they found a pit t
at had not been pitched on during
the day. The clay was still tight anpacked[Ld iny a shortwhile,
it worked up petly.!he am>:s neck 'n neck most of the way
though, but in the last couple of innings, Mary really piled on the points
and rinrs and won theame.
The heat of the day for 1d Roger lOrmonkFFdropwut of ֧6ass {Yy
5n in t. rounds. The heat was also too much for John HamWA
A dropp( outin theQ roundGary Morri BetC* and Granville Weakley hung tough,
th GG
ille taking h.clas th 6 ay 2
Thelma Dfivan breezed to 1st place in A Cla+ğnbsp; Zt the rest o8he cla' was rN l ght.S;ichael M0uris made the rest of u
pitch ev@harder.
D Cla ^Jeremiۛkill|)had his >^rst evEMlean sweep of a class
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