Here is a clip of Dave Brown on international umpiring duty, this time in France,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsS9tR-rC7I

 There is a better clip with more close-ups, but I can't find it yet, sometimes you tube is a nightmare.

Dan otter is the star of the week on my blog for playing superbly well to beat Q and Duddy, and being competitive against Paul Moore, who was also playing well, because he beat Dan Rimmer three straight, against recent form. The 'B' team hung on to win 6-4 taking a vital doubles to seal the victory. 

Top of Div 1 is an open race, I can confirm however, that Mark Donoghue will be playing for my team (D) against the 'B' team on Monday night, which might just shake things up a bit.

John Malone starred in the re-arranged match between Crus A and Crus C last week, taking the prized scalp of Dan Rimmer in the process, but coming under pressure from Dan Otter who was two one up at one stage. Dan Otter was successful against Ian Sleight though as a consolation, as the A team scraped to a 6/4 victory, no card up on the website yet (I've been waiting for it) to report further, but by all accounts it was an enthralling match.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jaAgAFLtL0

I have played superbly this week, I'm so happy, you know when you just have one of those weeks when you just play well?

Anyway enough about me, Billy Holmes is continuing his personal progress mission, learning about flicks/flips he is entering into a new realm of thinking, and I have to say, he absolutely loves it, he's so enthusiastic.

Dan Rimmer is also happy to learn from my experiences of TT, Dan is the undisputed number two in Lincoln, but he is so willing to take his game to the next level, and he has already made some great strides in that direction.

I have had some really great feedback from afar to my personal goal of improving TT standards locally, a great player and coach I know personally from Yorkshire, talked to me at the weekend about the fact of local league players needing coaching, and the fact that virtually ALL coaching is based around Juniors, so much so that he has started his own TT coaching school in Sheffield, based around my principles. There is a massive market out there for any coach/ player of a given standard to pass on their knowledge to older players, the current ETTA  protocol of coaching is always directed at Juniors, not senior players, who think that they are beyond help, I am through the internet, trying to rectify this.