The 24th brings us 4 new teams and many more questions. So far none have revealed their names, deciding, perhaps, to unveil their sobriquets at a time designed for maximum impact and thrill. We have all experienced the lethal blow an opposition's decidedly snappy appellation can deliver, especially when one has spent little thought or time on one's own.
Without any formal monikers the teams shall be designated a random number and for the extent of this piece shall be referred to as such.
On Field Two we have the aptly entitled Team #1 competing against those Y chromosoners Team #3. Team #1 will need some time to determine who is the chief chef, with a team with too many cooks. An obvious strategy would be for little Alecha 'Deena' Piva to throw long to Liam, the clear choice for a team without any other noticeable deep players. However, will Bailey, Kim, Will, Michelle and the lovely Mrs Dakota stand for this hoggery? One must say, it is easy to imagine the women's rights movement taking control and simply ignoring the chaps. We have seen evidence when the ladies,like an angry suffragette, decide to teach the boys a lesson before. Whatever the case, with a small roster of players and a need to field 7, we at least know there won't be anyone sidelined for the game in the opener of this beginner's season. Team #1s opposition, the formidable Team #3 are the early favourites for this season. The team has picked up Doug from the wilderness of Aurukun, who will bring to the team the Noel Pearson, direct instruction model of ultimate disc. If his team don't play well, at least they'll be literate. One imagines, this very tall, very strong team should have little trouble accounting for any opposition, particularly in the beginning of the season. With Jacob, Jamie and Stuart H reigning in the air as Doug, Corey and Jeff Cotter provide them with semi accurate long throws, ably backed up by those young up and comers Brent and Adam this team are the expected winners and have everything to lose.
The spotlight now moves to the main event of the evening, over on Field One, as the perfectly balanced Team #2 take on the testosterone sodden Team #4. Where Team #1 has too many cooks, the question for Team #4 is who will lead? With ranks filled with quiet, serious men, who prefer to get the job done, will Team #4 suffer from a lack of organisation? Will the quiet, serious men be able to communicate with one another. Will Anthony have a monumental meltdown on the field (again)? Opposing Team #4 is, at the very least, the best looking team to grace the fields of Cairns ultimate. Team #2 enter the league with a solid game plan, knowing initially they'll be on the receiving end of some drubbings, content that at the business end of the season they'll all have learnt plenty and will be savoring the frustration of the opposition. Working on a strategy of intelligence, Team #2 has almost exclusively sought female players. However, while on paper it may appear the team has an excess of estrogen it is soon lucidly clarified when one sees the double Y, ubermenschness of Murray, Stuart C, De Vechi and Dakota. This all results in a perfectly balanced team , one half right brain lefties, the other left brain right handers, an even spread of Goldman's 8 multiple intelligences, equalized melancholic, Cholerics, phlegmatics and bloody sanguines, the sexy Team #2 may just end up being the perfect ultimate disc killing machine. Thus Spake Zarathustra!!
Whatever the case, breath is bated in anticipation of the premiere social event in Cairns' busy entertainment calendar this year, and this season will only be topped by the next season and Gordonvale SHS' speech night.
Sorry this was so big, but that is the way Mrs Dakota likes it.
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