Sunday evening saw six sides meet for a “one-night” round of fixtures to decide this season’s Covid-hit league championship.
Jamie Salvin led Dodgy Spikers in their opening match against Les Sikora’s Eagles and they had to fight all the way before edging out a stuffy Eagles’ side to record victory. On court two Ian McGrath’s Mental Blocks started rather edgily against Fifers Too but they soon got into their stride to start off their league campaign with a win.
Spikers then met Michael Donaldson’s Kinross Cosmos and it was Cosmos who drew first blood taking an early lead but Spikers settled themselves before running out convincing winners in the end. Eagles met Mental blocks on court two and this one saw Eagles’ early lead pegged back and after that Blockers kept a few points ahead right to the full-time whistle. The Kinross Cosmos match against Fifers Too was also close with Cosmos leading 31-30 only for the Fife side to go on a five-point spree to edge ahead at full time. It was local derby time when Spikers played Blockers and this one too was a close fought affair with Spikers keeping their noses in front until the final whistle sounded at 32-25.
Eagles had to come back from an early setback against Fifers Too who led 5-0 at the start. Eagles’ experience began to tell and they eventually ran out worthy winners. The Kinross Cosmos match against Mental Blocks started evenly but Blockers eventually started scoring freely to run out winners. Ellen Ranklin’s Team Fife, league cup winners this season then had to play their five games without a break. They opened against Dodgy Spikers and didn’t quite hit the form that saw them lift the cup with Spikers taking full advantage to win. The Fife side got back to winnng ways in a thrilling match against Eagles before dumping Kinross Cosmos and their other Fife side finishing by defeating Mental Blocks 35-31 to finish as league runners-up.
So Spikers finish top, undefeated, to secure the league shield.