Right ... so, final day of qualifying at Pinburgh 2018.
As mentioned, I made A, Fiona made C. Which is pretty impressive for her, when you see the other players in C, including my old buddy Whysnow - Hilton’s wife made A finals which was an awesome achievement.
So, I started off with a 6, then a 7. Not great, but solid enough.
Then I had one of those rounds you don’t not want to have ... two games in a row, I barely touched the ball. It’s pretty disheartening to go punge-drain —- plunge-drain —- plunge-drain basically 6 times in a row. Took a 3.
Luckily, after that clanger it was lunchtime, so we fueled up with Jimmy Johns Lettuce Wrap thingys, and 2x cappachinos (!) and came back with a vengeance. Next round, BOOM! 11! (12 is max) Always a pleasure to play with Zen too.
Which put me in esteemed company.
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So - the equation was, all 4 players in my final round had a chance to make A finals (top 40 players out of 843 ...) if they got a 10 or 11 or 12. Of course, one of these 4 players was Trent Augenstein ....
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And he duly whipped our asses with an 11. Actually, all the games were really tight, for example Cirqus Voltaire which was 12m, 11.7m, 11m and 10.5m. Unfortunately I was the 10.5m. Haha. And Doodle Bug - a lottery game, from memory the scores were 52k,42k,38k (me),32k.
So ... I finished down the A list after that round.
Whaaat you gonna do?
I know! Hit the piss!
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PS Fiona’s is the wine. She was so exhausted... “I don’t know how you guys do this shit!”
Haha! She finished mid pack in C. Pretty good when you see the people who finished down below her.
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