An extraordinary evening of fast-paced blitz action took place on Monday 02 July at the Clubhouse.
The NLC 2018 Summer Blitz competition saw the creme de la creme of NLC blitz players, as well as Mister Widdicombe, slug it out for the Kennedy Cup.
Doctor Kirby was hoping for the hattrick, having won it in 2016 and 2017, but little did he know how stiff the competition was to be…
Captain Hamme burst out of the blocks, attacking with all the ferocity of a cornered mongrel and went in to the halftime drinks break with an incredible 3/3.
Mister Chamberlain and Doctor Kirby steadied themselves over the second half and the competition drew to an end with each having taken points from each other and a three-way tie the result. A playoff beckoned….
| Mister Hamme | Doctor Kirby | Mister Widd. | Mister Chamb. | Total | |
| Mister Hamme | X | 1/0 | 1/1 | 1/0 | 4 |
| Doctor Kirby | 1/0 | X | 1/1 | 1/0 | 4 |
| Mister Widdicombe | 0/0 | 0/0 | X | 0/0 | 0 |
| Mister Chamberlain | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/1 | X | 4 |
The playoff was a single round robin with random colours. Here’s a piece of the action from the Hamme v Chamberlain encounter:
With Mister Hamme dropping away the Doctor managed to squeak past a flagging Mister Chamberlain, to win with 1.5 points. A damn close run thing.
| Mister Hamme | Doctor Kirby | Mister Chamb. | Total | |
| Mister Hamme | X | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Doctor Kirby | 0.5 | X | 1 | 1.5 |
| Mister Chamberlain | 1 | 0 | X | 1 |
Well done Doctor Kirby. He always produces when it comes to a playoff.
