Clackmannan County Cricket Club

The first ever Clackmannan County man of mystery competition got under way today. With only 6 of the 10 competitors in attendance. It was decided that Golf at Stirling Uni, would be the first task, with the points being decided by the lowest round. The budding Tiger Woods' hit some good shots, but the entertainment factor was far higher. Trees took a battering, ducks and squirrels dove* for cover, and several shots ended up further back than they had started. The leaderboard after the first event looks like this:

The next event will be ten pin bowling on Sunday 14th October."

Ando according to the dictionary dove is "a bird with short legs, small head and a large breast" did you have someone in mind or did you mean dived? Webmaster

On Sunday the same 5 competitors from the week before headed to the bowling alley in Stirling. Minus Noor who has withdrawn from the contest, due to an impending holiday in Pakistan. And joined by the special guest for the day James Couper.

I thought that there were twelve players involved in this competition? Don't tell me, missing, are the usual wide mouthed frogs who talk a good game until it's time to do the business, then they "forget" to turn up. What about a round on wimping out? .....Webmaster

As usual, the enjoyment came mainly from the lack of talent and humour as opposed to a heated battle. With the exception of Coups, who has the advantage of being able to reach halfway down the lane and won both games with a 126 and a 144. Luckily, he isn't able to enter the full competition. Much to the relief of the remaining 5!

Here's the results from the bowling.

NAME Game 1 Game 2 Total

That leaves the leaderboard like this.

Next up will be pool in the first weekend of November.

Round 3 Saturday 3rd November

Man Of Mystery Competition
		Updated 27/11/2007
What is the man of mystery competition all about? - Apparently it's about finding the club member with the most hidden talents. Now! resist the temptation to say lets start with cricket then, that's not nice! ..........................................Webmaster
The first ever Clackmannan County man of mystery competition got under way today. With only 6 of the 10 competitors in attendance. It was decided that Golf at Stirling Uni, would be the first task, with the points being decided by the lowest round. The budding Tiger Woods' hit some good shots, but the entertainment factor was far higher. Trees took a battering, ducks and squirrels dove* for cover, and several shots ended up further back than they had started. The leaderboard after the first event looks like this: NAME ROUND POINTS Penfold 39 10 Kev 40 8 Craig 44 6 Scott King 47 5 Ando 50 4 Noor 60 3 The next event will be ten pin bowling on Sunday 14th October." Ando according to the dictionary dove is "a bird with short legs, small head and a large breast" did you have someone in mind or did you mean dived? Webmaster Report by Graeme Anderson
Round 2 Sunday 14th October On Sunday the same 5 competitors from the week before headed to the bowling alley in Stirling. Minus Noor who has withdrawn from the contest, due to an impending holiday in Pakistan. And joined by the special guest for the day James Couper. I thought that there were twelve players involved in this competition? Don't tell me, missing, are the usual wide mouthed frogs who talk a good game until it's time to do the business, then they "forget" to turn up. What about a round on wimping out? .....Webmaster As usual, the enjoyment came mainly from the lack of talent and humour as opposed to a heated battle. With the exception of Coups, who has the advantage of being able to reach halfway down the lane and won both games with a 126 and a 144. Luckily, he isn't able to enter the full competition. Much to the relief of the remaining 5! Here's the results from the bowling. NAME Game 1 Game 2 Total Penfold 77 143 220 Kev 88 118 206 Ando 98 100 198 Craig 83 108 191 Scott 112 68 180 That leaves the leaderboard like this. NAME Points Penfold 20 Kev 16 Craig 11 Ando 10 Scott 9 Next up will be pool in the first weekend of November. Report by Graeme Anderson
Round 3 Saturday 3rd November On Saturday , the 5 competitors in the Man of Mystery, headed to Rileys in Stirling for the Pool competition. No special guests joined the group. What! no Stephen Hendry, John Higgins, what were they thinking about?? The points were decided in a league format, with everybody playing each other. There is an obvious comment here - but I'm not going to make it. 1 point awarded for a win. The majority of the games were pretty close, but my tactic of letting my opponent pot half the balls, then pot the white and the black together. ?!! Didn't quite work out. Heres the result of the pool. NAME WON LOST POINTS Craig 4 0 4 Kev 3 1 3 Penfold 2 2 2 Ando 1 3 1 Scott 0 4 0 So the leaderboard now is NAME POINTS Penfold 26 Kev 24 Craig 21 Ando 15 Scott 13 Things are getting pretty tight at the top. The next event will be Cricket 07, on PS2. That's a computer type game - for the uninitiated. Which will again be in a league format. To be held on the 24th/25th of November. Report by Graeme Anderson
Round 4 Saturday/Sunday 24th/25th November Sunday saw the penultimate round of the man of mystery competition take a dramatic twist. As Kev King pulled level with Neil Ramsay sp. (Penfold) at the top of the leader board. Unfortunately Craig Black wasn't able to make it, so there were only 4 competitors at the event, which was watched closely by Alan Oliver. What a comedown from star footballer in Brazil to watching paint dry at the Arns. The first two games were played on Brian Lara cricket, which took an hour and a half to complete 2 games. So the change to Pro Eveloution !!Soccer 6 was soon made. After beating Scott with patience (Who is this Patience then and should you be hitting Scott with her?) at cricket, PES was right up my street as I won all 3 games. (Well that's a new tactic, better than your tactic in the Pool, change the game to one you know you can win - that's neat). But Penfold and Kev had one one game each (Whit? ah! you mean "won one game" each) and when Scott beat Kev at Tiger Woods, a tie breaker was needed to separate the 3. It came down to the longest drive which Kev won with a mammoth 388 yard drive, followed by Penfold and then Scott. ( you mean Penfold and Scott ran after the drive..... no, probably not). So the final standings were. NAME WON LOST POINTS TIE BREAKER Ando 3 0 3 Kev 1 2 1 1 Penfold 1 2 1 2 Scott 1 2 1 3 The leader board is now NAME POINTS Penfold 32 Kev 32 Ando 25 Craig 21 Scott 18 The next event will be the fastest lap at Go Karts, over in Larbert. Which will cost roughly £20. Sunday 9th December. Special guests welcome. That's a bit more interesting! Report by Graeme Anderson
Final Round Sunday 9th December 2007 The 5th and final round of the man of mystery competition took place on Sunday. With only the top 3 competitors taking part in the go karting. The numbers were boosted with special guests, James Cox, Calum Lyons and Alan Oliver. After the drivers briefing on the rules and instructions they were to abide to, Kev King disappeared from the group. Was he praying for a mechanical failure on penfolds car, handing him victory in the overall event? Was he trying to sneak his Honda into the circuit? No, he was getting his own helmet out of his car! Things were serious!!! Be fair, maybe none of the helmets fitted Kev! The event was split over two 25 lap sessions, with simply, the fastest lap time winning the event. NAME 1ST Session 2ND session Fastest Time POINTS Coxy 22.91 22.15 22.15 N/A Callum 22.96 22.24 22.24 N/A Ando 22.44 22.40 22.40 10 Kev 23.64 22.75 22.75 8 Penfold 24.13 22.92 22.92 6 Alan 23.62 22.94 22.94 N/A The final standings are: NAME POINTS Kev 40 Penfold 38 Ando 35 Craig 21 Scott 18 Congratulations to Kev who has proved to have the most hidden talents out of everybody at the club. The first ever man of mystery trophy will be presented on Friday the 28th of December. Hopefully more people will get involved in this next year, and provide stiffer competition. Report by Graeme Anderson
	At a spectacular ceremony reminiscent of the Oscars, Kevin King received the First Man of Mystery trophy. The trophy was presented by (sick as a parrot) club captain Graeme Anderson (who in a spirit on magnanimity rose from his sick bed to infect everyone else in the room) and present this fabulous trophy.
Kevin's acceptance speech was - well you had to be there..... Next years competition is predicted to be even better than this years inaugural event, with contestants saving up for the metal polish for the trophy even now.