For those of you unable to attend yet another Cutters history-lambasting win, then picture this: Tim receives pass deep in the painted zone, back to the ring. Steps forward, plants ball on ground, spins, stops and pops. The ball arcs perfectly above the iron and finds nothing but net. The crowd is ecstatic with expectation and the realisation that Tim has reached his season high already, and there are still several minutes left in the second half. (The crowd may have also been applauding the fact that Tim’s dribble actually found the pine rather than the usual sneaker). In fine form, Tim repeated the above procedure just minutes later to double his average and spur his Cutters on to yet another win.

 Last nights (seemingly) prime-time time slot of 8.15pm saw a re-ignited Cutters squad ready to quash fellow league Aussie-battlers “The Stags”. The Stags, however, had other ideas, and offered the Cutters a free upgrade from “Quashing” to “Trouncing” as they were only able to front a squad of 4 players, and only two of them with “has actually played Basketball before” on their resumés. As the scoreline shows, the undermanned Stags were put away with a line-drive to the outfield, as the Cutters were given a walk to 7-0 win-loss record.

 In what was a generally very friendly game (Kep and Stags’ captain Luke Smith trading “look what I can do” drives to the basket), all players delivered solid performances. Ben “MVP…MVP” Ferguson delivered once again with 18 (and collected the MVP) - what must his average be??!!. Scott left-that-bloody-shirt-on-despite-the-clear-internet-poll-message for 15 (and we are genuinely grateful), Dave overcame some bovine opposition for a massive 9. Big Yoch “Cash Money” Van Leeuwen freewheeled to 6, Tim faded-away for an unlikely 4 (see above) and Kep played a supporting (but solid) role for his 2.

 In closing, this author would like to offer the following food-for-thought:

-         If this league was like one-day cricket then the Cutters wouldn’t even have to play the grand final to take the trophy

-    Wise man say: man who ignore overwhelming internet poll shall have children that look like monkeys

-     Even the umpires want in on the DC hype!!! Where’s your support?

-    The Cutters humbly thank webmaster John Delany for his persistent pursuit of quality in all aspects of Cutters promotion.