Merrimack Valley Ultimate – Season 42 of Tuesday Evening Pickup
It looks like another great beach night coming up on Tuesday, July 27th. Let’s do our once a summer excursion to Brown’s afterwords. Remember, you need to bring your own booze to Brown’s which is nearly identical to Markey’s, but different.
You must check out Eric’s 2010 photos. They blow me away how crisp they are.
See you in Seabrook at 6:15ish!
Tuesday, July 20th at Tewksbury, may be a 2 water bottle night.. one to drink, and one for your head. Not to worry, it won’t be as hot as it was on the 6th.
We had a fantastic beach night last Tuesday! Plenty of people, nice temperatures (even in the water), good quality play, and, my favorite, a good number of wet plays. I don’t remember a single successful layout into the surf, but, I do remember many many completions (and many misses, too). The encroching surfing class was awkward. But, the run-by splashing of the camera-moms added to our fun. Heh, heh. Cooperatively, the rain held off until the forecast time. The first drops fell as I was pulling into Markey’s parking lot. I love the moving radar.
See you in Tewksbury, Tuesday July 20th at 6:00.
The animated weather map shows the rain allowing us to play, then, to get our cars washed while we eat at Markeys. Don’t be a wimp, the radar does not lie.
It will be a layout-in-the-surf night, Tuesday July 13th at Seabrook Beach! The long range forecast calls for 90 degree temperatures. The low tide is set perfectly at 7:25. This year, the low tide beach is much much narrower than last year’s record breaking wideness. This will help promote wet plays. Anyone who sweated through last Tueday’s sweltering hot game, gets to line up on the ocean side of the field.
Speaking of last Tuesday’s game, we were all fighting heat exhaustion. If Ted were there, he would have got swept away in a torrent of his own sweat. We even had a halftime, so we could recover from the heat (and to curse Rich F for sneaking away and leaving us with no subs). The hero of the night is Jeff. He brought a cooler full of ice cold oranges!
See you all Tuesday at Seabrook Beach at 6:15ish.
Bring plenty of cool water! The game’s in Tewksbury, Tuesday July 6th. See you at 6:00.
Yes, we have summer weather and a low tide (at 8:27)! Bring the family. Bring your seafood appetite for Markey’s. There are 5 beach opportunities this summer and this is the first! It’s also the longest. Remember, Markeys stops taking food orders until 9:00.
See y’all at 6:15ish
Last week’s commentary by Eric S.:
Playing only 4 on 4 with one sub all night meant that everyone had to play hard. The play that stands out was early in the evening when Brian made a sharp pass to Sarah, who spun around and made a perfect pass into the end-zone on the fire station end of the field. Everyone watched in amazement as the pass headed straight for the fireman who was busy mowing the lawn. He made a perfect catch. I’m a bit hazy on this last part, but I believe that since Brian and Sarah were on the non-pinnie team and the fireman was not wearing a pinnie we let it count as a score.
The weather looks good for y’all. I’ll be down south in Virginia with a couple dozen boy scouts. When I return, I’ll see you at Seabrook Beach on the 29th.
This Tuesday the 22nd, it’s Tewksbury at 6:00!
The weather will be too cold for the beach! Sorry for the change. It will be down to 70 by game time and mid 60s by the Markey’s time. Pass the word arround. Tewksbury this Tuesday, June 15th, at 6:00.
Guaranteed!! No rain this week!! It will be cool, too. Great running weather. See you all at 6:00 in Tewksbury.
This band of rain should end soon, but, it is followed by another band which arrives at the field just after we do. Looks like a rainout to me. See you next Tuesday June 8th.
P.S. This is where a ground swelling of “I want to play in the rain!” comments from enough people change the decision. Click the “Comments” button which is called “no comments” until someone posts something.