Sunday, August 29th, 2010

Chesterp. ’10: Sunday updates

Finals: Chain falls despite strong 2nd half, 11-13. Still a lot of room to grow… Chain now trailing late, 10-11. Chain down considerably at half, 3-7 – rally caps now firmly on, score is 8-8. Semis: Victory over a game Truck Stop 13-11. Finals now versus Boston’s Ironside (now with more Cricket). Chain Lightning playing [...]

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

solid 1st day of the season

Shaking off the dust of several weeks’ (relative) inactivity since the team took 4th place at the World Championships, Chain Lightning got off to a good start for the 2010 club season on Saturday. Chain beat Madcow 13-4 to help set the tone for the day, only allowing 1 second half goal; the Town Hall [...]

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Chesterpeake* 2010

*Chesterpeake in honor of Chain’s #1 travelling fan, who has made Poolesville, MD, a priority annual stop for his season itinerary. Chain Lightning kicks off its fall campaign this weekend with a return to the Greater DC area for the Chesapeake Open, where the ATLiens are 2-time defending champs. The finals 2 years ago with [...]

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Chesapeake: continuing the inconsistency

Finish: middling; 4-3 record, win over Boston results overdue recap from Aug 25-26 In brief, we were consistently erratic. All Saturday (until we were excited to play Boston in the last game) we were mired in games vs lower-seeded teams that were not doing us the courtesy of rolling over, and having to scrap for [...]

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

POW #1

Kirby, by Keegan: click on photo to see larger version Our first Photo of the Week, Chain’s Grant Kirby with the catch – a precursor, perhaps, of the stress his duodenum would endure the following week in Santa Cruz – from Keegan Uhl’s great set of shots of Sunday at the Chesapeake Open last August