What can be better on a cool summer morning in Southern California but two sites of WB ball? To which you would probably answer, “…three sites of WBA activity” - very good but having two sites of activity was pretty terrific. Of course, there was the usual Saturday morning get-together at Chaparral. Then later in the afternoon, there was the Mike Fox sponsored, romp in Fullerton at the YMCA.
Turnout was good at both sites. In the morning there was plenty to keep the games going. It appears as if there may be some new regulars starting up with the WB. But, Steve Jensen and Bruce the Bruiser were present and doing their usual bid of grabbing every possible rebound and hitting every jump shot.
Apparently, they haven't missed a step in the time that they were away from the games at the Chaparral. Great to have them back hopefully they make it a habit, again. Regulars: Steve, Larry, Rudy, Ben, Mike (the Doc), Rich, Danny and others all participated in the morning activity.
Weather has been great over the past few days and it got better for the weekend with the cooler weather punctuated by Cali sunshine early in the day. It was pretty nice in the afternoon too. One can only wish that it continues throughout the week this way.
In the afternoon, the group convened at the YMCA. There were about 15 persons that showed up. James, Mike’s friend John, Junior, Shane, Tony and his brother Richard showed up again this week. The new arrivals were Ike, Albert, DeAndre, Drew, Scott, and Ceasar. A few of the participants also played in the morning. My hat goes off to them, they are the ironmen of the WB. Albert, DeAndre, Drew, and Scott were the "Ironmen" doing the double duty. They played with energy, vigor and acuity. I never would have guessed that they had played in the morning. I found out from seeing the pictures from Robert. Everyone had a great time at the Y and got to play until their tongue was hanging out from exhaustion. Okay, maybe that was just me…. But, I think we would all agree that it was great fun playing indoors, with air conditioning, a big time clock, recorded scoring and game jerseys.
Check out the pictures, the YMCA is really a nice facility. An attendant from the facility ran the game clock and managed the scoring. And again, it was a new twist to the OC games that we played with 15 minute quarters. In the case of a tie, there would be a 2 minute overtime. There was at least one game with an overtime. The teams were really evenly matched and the games went very well. There were no real blowouts.
Many, many, many thanks to Mike for sponsoring the event. In addition, thanks are in order to him and John for bringing refreshments. Also, thanks to Shane for bringing ice, water and refreshments. And, thanks to all who participated in the morning and afternoon events for making the WBA day such a special and memorable affair.
To Robert “Wei-Jin” Lee and Anthony Vallarta – thanks for the photographs!!! They are all so good that I decided to go with a slideshow rather than edit through them. I hope you all like the slideshows.
Have a great week everyone and see you Saturday morning!!
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