Best night out

 

 Salam Alaykum

 22 June at Linen.

Top class meet. The regulars, the curious and the hopeless sat, played and chatted demented stuff about DMT trips and women and the price of car insurance these days. Excellent friendly vibes from all involved. Good tunes too.

James Young expertly guided the play schedules which saw many fall to humble gutters while Paul McCole and Bruce Morton battered their way through the rounds to a thrilling finale which went right to the wire until the wee man stroked two exquisite deciding shots which saw him take the June trophy, roam around the venue talking to people he didn't know and then stagger down the road with memories which can hardly be counted in numbers nor chronicles.

The much anticipated match-up between McCole and Jim Muir was akin to a flat-tyre rolling into your kitchen and flopping to a stop when it bumped against your cat. McCole won. Posted an eight and a seven. And took the trophy. What scheduler James Young had described as The Group of Death turned out be The Group of Dismal Pish. Jim, to his credit, was sanguine.

T***** the Ukrainian  - who served years in the military as a sniper - has shown that he is probably better with a rifle than a striker. Fraser J is a dark horse. Given his day job as a masseur for dancers in Scottish Ballet there is little doubt that the man has hand and finger skills. And he bought a handsome board at the turn of this year. Given all that and his recent style, Jasbet puts Fraser as Evens to take the next Linen trophy.

Bonus at the meet was when OG Yati Mayor showed up, sporting a dandy shirt and exhibiting decent board style and his famous conviviality.  Also, wee Gillian showed up  - showing off her man Stu's sunburned face that led some to mutter that he has been volunteering in the still ongoing clean-up at Chernobyl.

At the end of the night, beaten finalist Bruce cautiously accepted Jim's invite to ride on the back seat of his electric bike to go doon the road. It was, said Bruce later, "thrilling and terrifying."

All in all, a fkn great meet. Good hearted disputes about rules, loud shouts about drops or misses, the board ambience high. Much love to y'all.

Pakistani Streetfood on Victoria Road is happy to stick a SCL poster in the shop. Kamrin who runs the joint is a connoisseur (albeit of the Pakistan version of the game), a super cool gent and content to have our signal displayed.

Respect, as ever, to James Y and Paul M for keeping the flag flying.