SPALDING WARGAMING CLUB
Blood Bowl experts have all had their say and the overwhelming opinion going into the Saturday night fixtures was that the Nuln Oilers and their coach Chris Peat were buoyant after their first league win and were ready to take on the despondent Dark Elven System of a Touchdown who let a commanding lead slip against the Fancy Dandys earlier this week. But it was the System of a Touchdown who came out swinging, grabbing a touchdown two turns into the game and a second two turns later. A fumble from the Oilers catcher let the elven Blitzers Jeff and Buckley pounce, pick up and score. Half time arrived and the Dark Elves were 3-0 up brimming with confidence. To make matters worse the Oilers suffered three KOs and one casualty. Could a second half comeback be on? Had the elves burned out too early? Had a small amount of low strength beer made the Elven coaching staff delirious? The answer to all of the above was a resounding No. The Oilers managed fumbles, trips when going for it, failed blocks... even the Ogre managed to catch the ball (literally a miraculous event, altars to Sigmar will be built in the pitch in remembrance) only to be overwhelmed, fall over and release the ball leaving the dastardly dark druchii clear through. Adding insult to many literal injuries, the Oilers thrower fumbled gifting a fifth TD to the elves. The speed and trickery of the pointy-eared, pale-skinned players was too much on the day and they ran out winners with a ridiculous score line. 5-0 it ended. In a complete contrast, Craig Jackson's Hazhuts Blue Bulls squared off against Alec Bell's Dwarven Donkey Punch. Dwarves pitted against their Chaos-worshipping counterparts. It was a violent grapple fest. In the second half it was six turns after kick-off until the ball was received. An enthralling 1-1 draw in a game of grinding, pummelling and slowly driving. The tackling prowess of each team cancelled each other out. What the game lacked in free-flowing movement and touchdowns, it made up for in intense tactical battles with the Dwarves riding their luck against the Blue Bulls and successfully hitting blocks to contain the devastating centaurs. Can the Warpstone Wanderers be taken off their perch, can the elves repeat their high scoring shenanigans, can the Oilers bounce back ...? Find out all the answers after the Wednesday Night Fixtures and the subsequent review. I've been Action Jackson ... and I need to sit down because the nail-biting, fist-fighting, point-stealing, violent-feeling, crowd-rumbling, player-fumbling SWC Blood Bowl championship is just too much!
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