Grandad
Years ago
Old Bastards BB - 45+ comp at Wayville
A funny thing happened on the way to the finals...a BSA COCKUP broke out.
Ok, only social BB but a good example of the incompetence which is BSA.
The 45+ at Wayville is a 'social' comp but played by ex-NBL, State League, PRE NBL stars & Olympians. Such as Al Green, Rick Hodges, David & Phil Smyth, Steve Breheny, Mark Sykes, Brian Henig & Mike Dancis to name only a very few.
Not playing for sheep stations but given the competitive nature of the participants…YES playing for sheep stations.
Usually the finals consist of 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3 and then a GF. On this occasion the 3rd team had to forfeit so the 5th team was promoted into the finals……peculiar!
Anyway just before the 2 vs 3 game is about to start the US Devils ( I believe) noticed that the other team Lions had a player they had never seen play before. So they queried the eligibility of that player, before the game, with the stadium (nite??) manager who checked the score sheets and indicated that this player had clearly played 2 games which seemed insufficient by the By Laws BUT THAT eligibility was managed by Corry Moores (BSA).
The next morning US Devils queried the player eligibility with BSA (Corry Moores) and I understand received a reply that YES the player had only played 2 games and was ineligible and that meant that Lions had forfeited the game.
Problem solved ………BUT WAIT there’s more
Some 2 hours later US Devils get an email from BSA that Corry had remembered that he had given ‘special dispensation’ (I guess) to Lions that Andy Symonds only had to play 2 games. WTF So US Devils are back out of the GF.
During this lengthy deliberation process I am sure that it is only a coincidence that Andy Symonds is the current Forestville ABL coach and that the Forestville Club are collocated with BSA (Corry Moores) at Wayville.
It would appear that the competition By Laws are not quite the rules of the competition.
In the meanwhile I have it on good authority that US Devils are currently recruiting a 30 year old for their 45+ team since a precedence has been set by BSA that you only need to fulfil 2/3 of the eligibility as stated in the "BY LAWS".
