The plans for Super Bowl weekend play were for the group to play on Saturday in Charlotte and then take Sunday off in recognition of the fact that so many would be hosting or attending Super Bowl parties. Unfortunately, we got an e-mail late Friday from Ed & Anne who live in Charlotte within half an hour of our playing location at Nevin Park advising us that the courts would most likely be too wet for play. There was an on-and-off rain (mostly on) all day on Friday. We knew from previous experience that court drainage was poor. It was almost too wet for play on our last Nevin Park outing a couple weeks ago.
So, as much as it pained us, we sent out a last minute notice on Friday night cancelling Saturday's play. Not wanting an entire weekend to pass us by, we made contact with our friends Danny & Sue to play at our house in Lexington on Saturday afternoon. Our main court has a coarse gravel-fine gravel-oyster shell layered construction that usually allows play within minutes of rainstorms. We were able to play with no problems.
In the meantime, Bob Moyer from Winston-Salem had advised that he had no Super Bowl commitments for Sunday that would preclude him playing. So we called Sue Wien (Terry was fishing in Florida) for a fourth and played all afternoon Sunday, once again in Lexington, as well. Guys vs. Gals on Sunday. Shirley and Sue split the first two games against Bob and myself. We barely managed to pull out the third game for a narrow, hard fought victory for the guys. Shirley got a chance to be the shooter for the gals. Sue pointed very well even though she hadn't played in a while. See the last picture above for an example!
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