A deservedly blog-less week last week, on account of the unremarkable show from Hills at Fortress Hughenden we thought we’d wait and report on what would surely be an exciting trip south to the beaches-and-ice-cream territory that is Ardrossan. Turns out Newsteam is better (though only marginally) at reporting what has already happened than at guessing what will happen in the future. Ardrossan was pretty horrendous, train crash, rage inducing, cringe worthy rugby sprinkled with injuries…so this fortnight will have only a teeny-wee snippet in the bloggy Hillhead/Jordanhill history.
Garnock – As a whole was scrappy and disjointed, seemingly lacking direction and definitely lacking any kind of calm or composure. With a very early score and two big wins behind them the boys may have been a bit complacent, expecting the win to come. It didn’t. And when it didn’t come easily the back up plan of say…playing rugby…failed miserably. So we had a wee punch-up, lost a few million line-outs, tackled like a visually impaired chess team, and somehow managed a win 21-13. The world was distinctly unimpressed, the referee was fairly awful, Keith rage-face was most definitely present, and the Garnock game was best left behind.
Chosen one was once again vetoed, on account of a distinct lack of performance. Ladies Choice, picked by special guest lady analyst was Donald Pitkethly at 8, who was solid, and has shown definite improvements in this early part of the season, not an easy task as he stepped into the still warm shoes of ex-Captain Cammy over the summer.
Post match saw the second annual rugby quiz, headed up by Gaffer on the mike. The club is all quizzed out it seems, turn-out was poor, but there were some delights and hilarity for those who did turn out. Notable attendance, taking time out from their busy schedules, was from the table of superheroes who were rather successful on the quiz front, I think they might actually have won, though in some cases less than successful on the fancy dress front. Special fancydressgrandprizeoftheweeeeeek goes to DanDan-the-man-who-can as Mr Incredible, special mention also to Bananaman for extra-special home-made effort going into his costume.
Chump of the week, reserved for post-match event- though a sinbinning for handbags on the pitch set him off to a flier- goes to Chris Tulloch for crimes against humanity, rocking up to what is, essentially, a public bar clad in far too much, far too tight lycra, leaving far too little to the poor, innocent imaginations present.
Post quiz saw a dancefloor workout at Viper. The powers that be at Viper unwittingly elicited Keithy-rage-face by pitching us off our podium and out onto the street at the ridiculously early hour of 2am. Viper, we shake our collective Newsteam head in disappointment…
On a final note, happy anniversary to Keith and Rachel 
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