Guess who’s back, back again — the Squalleyball competition at the Youthie has returned to courts for the first time in six years, (since COVID closures), with four teams competing this season.
Two teams made up of High School teachers (with a little help from the blue school staff), a team of representatives from Cobar Shire Council and another team with representatives from NSW Police, make up the unofficially named, The Government Cup!
The competition is heading to its 4th week and the second round commences tonight.
It is already starting to look quite close, with two teams sharing equal points for wins and losses.
Last week the two high school teams who have called themselves, A Grade and Reserves, went up against each other for bragging rights.
A Grade lived up to their name and took the match out after claiming wins in the first three games, which were all very tightly fought matches, 21-19, 21-17 and 21-19.
Either A Grade gave up after their three-game win or The Reserves decided to dig deep to save face, but The Reserves took the last two games 21-19 and 21-11, to finish with a final result of 3-2 in favour of A Grade.
On the other court, Cobar Shire Council (CSC) took on Naughts and Crosses.
This looked and sounded to be a very tough game with Naughts and Crosses taking out the first game 21-17, only for CSC to fight back, winning the next three games 21-18, 21-18 and 21-15.
The last game it seemed was the most important of the night and neither team wanted to let it go.
The game went into extra points and Naughts and Crosses managed to win the final game 22-20 taking the final score to 3–2 in favour of CSC.
There’s been a return of some old faces to the Squally comp, and it is fantastic to see a lot of fresh, new players to the sport.
It would be great to see some other faces, whether new or old, sign up for next year’s competition.—Are you being served?
