Sliders travelled up to Henry Jones Playing Fields to play the Brawlers last night and fell to a disappointing 16-6 defeat. It was always going to be difficult playing shorthanded against the big hitting league champions but despite a couple of errors the defence was generally solid. It was with the bat that Sliders disappointed, failing to convert base hits into scores often enough. Big hits seemed to hold in the wind and find blue gloves asSliders struggled to gain any momentum. Meanwhile the Brawlers kept the scoreboard ticking to take the win.

Special mention to Will, who was playing in his last game before heading off to Canada for a year.

High points: Jonny’s reflex catch as his pitch was lined back at him, Suze refinding her mojo with a big triple, John doing most of the work in the outfield and a double play off of a catch.

The Sliders responded in the best possible way to last week’s defeat with a solid 15-7 win over a short handed Angels last night at Newforge Lane. A rejigged infield dealt comfortably with everything that came their way in the first inning with Jonny pitching well on debut (and one leg) against his old side.

Last time out it was Sliders’ batting that let them down but this time round they rediscovered the old form with a more patient approach. It was a sign of things to come when Dave cleared the fence first up, a trick he repeated at his next bat. A combination of big hitting and aggressive base running kept the scoreboard ticking and although the Angels landed a couple of big blows of their own (another lost ball) the Sliders fielding didn’t let them down this time. Will and Marian back playing at shortstop and second, repeatedly picked off the lead runners and Kirsty, on third for the first time, also got in on the act late in the game. Tim came off of the bench to bag a homerun of his own before taking the winning catch.